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by Validark 589 days ago
I believe I get the metaphor. Why is it confusing?
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Overloading the term with a second technological meaning.
Unfortunately, there are a distinctly limited number of words that can communicate a particular concept - the pigeon-hole principle suggests duplication will be inevitable.

Ambiguity's only really a problem when the same term is used multiple ways in similar contexts. I think it's very unlikely that anyone will get confused between these two usages.