bandwidth

Essentially a cumbersome synonym for "time", as in "I don't have the bandwidth to deal with that issue", but with implications beyond the merely temporal, encompassing the larger issue of mental ressources or capacity. Also, "mindshare" (as in share of mind available to deal with the issue).

cycles

Another approximate synonym for "time", as in "there aren't enough cycles in the day to drive this issue." The internal, informal Cityscape Microspeak Dictionary defined "cycles" economically as "human brainpower measured in computer metric". Often used in tandem with the verb "burn", as in "he's really burning a lot of cycles trying to resolve those UI issues".

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