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Only in so far as the same can be said about "computer enthusiasts" being pedantic about people calling programs "codes" or calling hash algorithms "encryption"
by pluma 11y ago
Only in so far as the same can be said about "computer enthusiasts" being pedantic about people calling programs "codes" or calling hash algorithms "encryption".
But at least "bullet" is not entirely wrong as it is merely labelling the whole by one of its parts ("pars pro toto" is even a stylistic device).
- wlesieutre 11y ago> But at least "bullet" is not entirely wrong as it is merely labelling the whole by one of its parts I think we all know someone who calls their entire computer tower a CPU
- pluma 11y agoMust be a language thing. I never heard it in Germany and the people I talk to online seem to be too competent to make that mistake.