Jan 07, 2023 21:00:00

'How Apple Names Things' site that analyzes Apple's naming conventions and visualizes them in an easy-to-understand manner

Apple's products are named by reusing words and words such as 'iPhone', 'iPod', 'AirPod', and 'AirPlay'. Therefore, data researcher

Nicolas Kruchten has published a website entitled ' How Apple Names Things ' by visualizing the elements contained in the names of Apple products.

How Apple Names Things
https://nicolas.kruchten.com/appleTM/

How Apple Names Things
https://nicolas.kruchten.com/content/2022/12/apple_tm/

The actual 'How Apple Names Things' looks like this. Nodes such as 'store', 'play' and 'tunes' can be confirmed, and the 'apple' and 'i' nodes that are frequently used in Apple products are highlighted. Also, by clicking a node on the screen, you can focus on that node, and you can zoom in and out by scrolling. The source is Apple's trademark list .

If you select the 'i' node as a test, the line will extend to '

Mac ', ' iPhone ', ' iPod ', etc., and you can see the number of products and services starting with 'i'.

Next, selecting the 'mac' node leads to '

Mac Pro ', ' AirMac ', ' Mac mini ', etc.

If you select the 'air' node, you can see that it is connected to products and services such as '

Airpods ' and ' AirDrop '. It seems that many products and services with the name 'air' are used in technologies such as wireless communication in addition to the MacBook Air.

Also, if you click 'tunes' extending from 'air', you will be connected to ' iTunes ' and ' iTunes Music Store '. Like this, you can see that many of 'tunes' are services related to content distribution. In 'How Apple Names Things', you can check a wide range of Apple product naming like this.