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The most basic purpose for having mental models and terminology (definitionsformal labels for carefully defined concepts) is to help someone that interprets a term (interpreter) that is uttered by someone else (speaker), to accurately apprehend its intended meaning. In casual, human conversations, 'interpretation errors' (mis-apprehensions) may be detected and corrected if relevant. In automated contexts, terms (messages) are just interpreted as they are programmed, so any miscommunication occurs at the human level, and may go undetected and lead to buggy software (or costly repairs).
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