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> I've actually never heard bit bucket used like this before. Is that the origin of the name for bitbucket.com? Yes, it's ancient as far as computer jargon goe
by jsnell 5y ago
> I've actually never heard bit bucket used like this before. Is that the origin of the name for bitbucket.com?
Yes, it's ancient as far as computer jargon goes. The etymology is pretty grounded in the real world though! It's where chads that were discarded by card punching machines go.
- warent 5y agoChad has a very different meaning to me. Good lord I've never felt more like a baby millennial Fascinating info, thanks :)
- geerlingguy 5y agoHaha, my brain seems to still bit-flip on the term "chad" nowadays. Before the current usage, the biggest thing was the "hanging chad" in Florida in a US presidential election.
- mattowen_uk 5y agoAs a mid-aged Gen-X, 'Chad' when I was growing up was this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilroy_was_here#:~:text=Chad https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilroy_was_here#:~:text=Chad Then I did Comp. Sci. at school, and I learned that the whole Chads from punched cards was a thing, so my association with the word changed. re: Bit Bucket. Again due to my age I guess, it was always a term for where thrown-away data went, along with 'Into the Ether' for lost network packets.
- xapata 5y agoI love learning the etymology of jargon. For example, loops were once physically looped paper.