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I'd propose "uniform-time" to disambiguate? Or is there a better word? I feel like there must be...
by mehrdadn 7y ago
I'd propose "uniform-time" to disambiguate? Or is there a better word? I feel like there must be...
- waterhouse 7y agoI have the same feeling... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Side-channel_attack#Countermeasures https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Side-channel_attack#Countermea... mentions "isochronous" operations.
- mehrdadn 7y agoOh interesting. I've heard isochronous in the context of real time communication but not here. Cool!
- moron4hire 7y agoOr maybe "fixed-time". I don't like "isochronous" because it introduces an obtuse neoligism.
- mehrdadn 7y agoYes, fixed-time! I like it.
- zimpenfish 7y ago> I don't like "isochronous" because it introduces an obtuse neoligism. Obtuse, perhaps, but neologism? http://etymology.enacademic.com/20730/isochronous http://etymology.enacademic.com/20730/isochronous meaning "equal time" dating back to the early 1700s.
- moron4hire 7y agoCase in point. I'm not an etymologist, nir should we expect people to have to research the words they use. If a word is that old and not in common parlance, it is a failure of a word and it really shouldn't be used.
- zimpenfish 7y ago> not in common parlance, it is a failure of a word Harsh but not entirely unfair (it is, after all, how language evolves.) Although I'd counter that "isochron" isn't uncommon in travel-related situations (cf [1]) and "isochronous" is easily understandable by extension. [1] e.g. in the UK parliament, #7927, "the resident population within the Woolwich 20-minute isochron area was about 60,000" https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200607/cmselect/cmcross/235/6051003.htm https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200607/cmselect/cmcr...