The Mission Critical website was very helpful because it works as a tool in review of the past semester. The website goes over most of the topics that we have discussed in the book and also brought new topics. The concept that I thought that was brought up and I saw as practical was vagueness and ambiguity. These words can be difficult to understand, but I was able to clear the differences between these concepts. It's difficult to understand because vagueness and ambiguity seem to have similar definitions. Something that is vague is defined as something that is general, and unclear. Something that is ambiguous has the ability to have a variety of different meanings.
An example of vagueness is shown in this sentence:
That is a hot song
This is an example of vagueness because it is unclear that the song is actually hot in temperature, but in actuality it is hot as in a hit. It is used in a slang manner.
An example of ambiguity is shown in this sentence:
The grass is always greener on the other side.
This is an example of ambiguity because this can be interpreted in different ways. One, that the grass is a different shade of green on the other side. Two, there is always something better for you. It's all int he way you look at things.
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