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I often find myself looking for the names of design patterns and UI components.

Is it an on-topic question to describe what I am looking for, then ask for the name of it?

There are only two hard things in Computer Science: cache invalidation and naming things.

-- Phil Karlton

This question/answer set seems to say “no,” but it appears to be in reference to a question about APIs which is not on topic for UX.

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Yes, there's even a tag for it: .

The only caveat I would put is questions should be more "What is the industry standard term for this thingy" not "Let's come up with a good name for this thingy". The first solicits answers, the latter opinions.

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  • Thanks! That's a good point to look for tags...What about questions that solicit comparisons between similar terms?
    – Betsy Dupuis
    Commented Apr 6, 2016 at 20:57

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