Traits, rôles and other repurposed terms

[Jonathan Stowe]

On Thu, 2008-02-07 at 12:51 -0600, Jonathan Rockway wrote:
> it will use "traits", although we prefer to spell it "roles".

I admit it: I'm an arts graduate and musician who plays at being a
computer programmer during the week. Now I *think* I know what you these
mean but just to check could someone explain in a simple paragraph
suitable for a naïve audience.

/J\