Using English loanwords in computer terminology: Bridge or obstacle to effective communication?

This study was based on the observation that a group of Romanian Computer Science students often use English-loan words instead of Romanian concepts, especially when discussing computer-related topics. We tried to find out whether the same students still used anglicizations for computer terminology, rather than Romanian words, after they had been taught those specific concepts in Romanian, during a prior semester of their undergraduate program. In order to provide a deeper insight into the dynamics of such language preference among computer science students and the reasons behind their choice of either English or Romanian words when discussing topics pertaining to computers, we collected data based on a survey that included a number of 58 students, enrolled at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, University of Oradea, in the academic year 2024-2025. The results are presented in the body of this paper.