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The word "drone" is such a buzzword, I used to have a radio controlled aka RC plane as a kid and the US military tends to a military remote controlled aircraft

The word "drone" is such a buzzword, I used to have a radio controlled aka RC plane as a kid and the US military tends to a military remote controlled aircraft an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle UAV. But drone is single word easy to say with some buzz to it and I guess it also sounds ominous. My understanding is a drone in the military sense is a flying target a UAV is not. It took 20 years for people to stop calling anything tech/Internet related "cyber" now calling anything that flies is a drone that word will be with us until 2034.

lotsofmangos 12y ago
I suspect it will be with us until the drones start asking us to stop using it because they find it derogatory.
Evolved 12y ago
Drone appears to be more of a colloquial term but also seems to be widely accepted to mean the same thing as UAV[1][2]. British [1] http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/drone http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/drone English [2] http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drone http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drone Regarding "cyber" you may want to tell retailers to stop using Cyber Monday, the FBI to rename its Cyber Crimes division, the CIA to rename its Cyber Security division and the NSA to rename its Cyber Operations unit. I agree that cyber is an old-school term and even sounds reminiscent of The Net and Hackers but it's doubtful it will go away any time soon.
unclebucknasty 12y ago
While we're on the subject of abused words, calling RC-machines/devices "robots" drives me a little nuts. To my mind, it's not a robot if someone is standing there with a remote-control initiating its every move. It's just an RC vehicle. But, you see this even in competitions wherein schools will build various RC-devices to face off in "robot battles". It's cool that they're imagining and building this stuff, and it's a lot of fun, but they are NOT robots!

lotsofmangos 12y ago

I suspect it will be with us until the drones start asking us to stop using it because they find it derogatory.

Evolved 12y ago

Drone appears to be more of a colloquial term but also seems to be widely accepted to mean the same thing as UAV[1][2]. British [1] http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/drone http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/drone English [2] http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drone http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drone Regarding "cyber" you may want to tell retailers to stop using Cyber Monday, the FBI to rename its Cyber Crimes division, the CIA to rename its Cyber Security division and the NSA to rename its Cyber Operations unit. I agree that cyber is an old-school term and even sounds reminiscent of The Net and Hackers but it's doubtful it will go away any time soon.

unclebucknasty 12y ago

While we're on the subject of abused words, calling RC-machines/devices "robots" drives me a little nuts. To my mind, it's not a robot if someone is standing there with a remote-control initiating its every move. It's just an RC vehicle. But, you see this even in competitions wherein schools will build various RC-devices to face off in "robot battles". It's cool that they're imagining and building this stuff, and it's a lot of fun, but they are NOT robots!