It was a thing in Deep Space Nine (1999) so either the lingo was really on point or it's just something that has fallen in and out of favor.
it's pretty common these days due to AI with GPU-alike chips.
I hear, read and use the term on a daily basis, and I would say that it emerged in my workplaces around five years ago, and came into common use around two.
I don’t know the reason, but I suspect you can reason it out.