The Old New Thing

Microspeak: radar

July 10, 2012 Jul 10, 2012 07/10/12

Raymond Chen

The metaphoric use of the term radar is in general use. It refers to the set of things that some entity is paying attention to. (That entity being the owner of the radar.) At Microsoft, the metaphorical radar usually belongs to a specific person or group. You might forward an email exchange to a person or group with the message "Just ...