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It's jargon if it blocks information needed by intended readers.
It's technical terminology if the writer has been kind enough to include a glossary.
"Jargon" can be completely appropriate for an audience of professionals in a particular field.
Once again it comes back to "Know Thy Audience".
Dori Green
who would not waste space on definitions of "pannier", "cross-buck saddle", "cud",
"hardware disease", "three-legged triple gainer off the cliff fully loaded", or
"dazer" in an article for Goatpacker Magazine.
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