• Alteon@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      It’s cutting edge, on the verge, or at the forefront of something.

      X is used a lot in Prototyping and Experimental designations or higher end products (see Aerospace and chipset architecture). In a more “Layman’s” Sense I would also assume that people associate it with being “Extreme/X-treme”