If someone asks you what the meaning of the following words is.
It’s like Cinderella’s slipper. She can give her name and confirm where she was before midnight, but it’s only when the slipper fits that Prince Charming knows she’s for real. The Prince was an early adopter of 2FA.
It’s like auto-skipping the ads on recorded TV. The ads fund the programs, but if people can find a way to avoid watching them, they usually do.
It’s like pixelating someone’s face in a video. You can still hear what they say, but you don’t know who they are.
It’s like someone jumping in and finishing your sentences. Fun and impressive if it’s your telepathic best friend, but annoying if it’s someone else who always gets it wrong.
It’s like photocopying a book. If you have one person and one photocopier, it’s a laborious process to copy each page. But if you have many photocopiers and willing helpers, you can tear the pages out, copy a few each, and assemble a new book pretty quickly.
It’s like a locker room made of glass. Everyone has their own glass locker with a coin slot in the top. If you want to give Bob some money, he tells you his locker number is 1456. You put on a balaclava, enter the locker room, take the coins out of your locker and put them in the slot on top of Bob’s locker. Everyone can see the transaction take place, but you’re wearing a mask so no one knows who you are.
It's like a public money ledger. Every transaction performed through the blockchain is recorded on the public ledger of transactions. And instead of only having one ledger and source of truth, every person has a copy of the ledger and perform checks to insure all transactions are legitimate.
It’s like a television set. It takes in a broadcast from somewhere else. The TV turns that signal into a display so you can watch it. An older TV won’t be able to display some of the newer HD content properly.
It’s like a barista with a good memory. So every morning when you come in for your decaf soy latte with an extra shot and cream, they nod wearily and say ‘The usual?’
It’s like the dark side of the moon. The bright side (the internet) is visible to everyone – all you have to do is look up. To access the dark side, you need specialist software (a rocket).
It’s like a nightclub bouncer who decides who’s going in and out. From time to time, the approved guest list may change, but the bouncer is always the one who enforces it.
It’s like baking a cake for a friend, then giving them the recipe. The cake is the software, except tastier, and sharing the recipe is the open source part. Not only does your friend get to enjoy the cake, but they can also bake themselves another, or make it for another friend’s birthday, maybe using peanut butter this time instead of buttercream, because your friend is a genius.
