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kind of reminds me of the Heaviside function, which is a step function. When I first learned about it in school, I thought it was named after the "heavy side" o
by xdavidliu 6y ago
kind of reminds me of the Heaviside function, which is a step function. When I first learned about it in school, I thought it was named after the "heavy side" on the right, as opposed to the "light side" on the left. Turns out that Oliver Heaviside was an actual person.
- dllthomas 6y agoNagle's Algorithm is named after a person. It helps make sure more data is sent together, rather than split across unnecessarily many packets. I recently learned that in Polish, "nagle" can mean "all at once" - not pronounced the same, but still a cute coincidence!