While I'm not sure I agree about mysterious names, I do get confused whenever Bloom filters are mentioned on HN. I always think they're about bloom filters as a

While I'm not sure I agree about mysterious names, I do get confused whenever Bloom filters are mentioned on HN. I always think they're about bloom filters as applied to computer graphics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloom_(shader_effect) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloom_(shader_effect)