[greesil]

But me asking questions is in fact my trying to understand, is it not? I ask a stupid simple question with a slightly rude tone, and then I get downvoted by a bunch of pedantic insiders. Although to be fair it appears some are trying to help.

Look dude, every field develops its own terminology. It's not a conspiracy, just an emergent property. But it always makes getting into the field, or understanding what's in the field, much harder than it needs to be.