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When the IBM PC came out, I was upset that the term PC began forever to apply only to intel PCs and not PCs generally (previously the term PC meant generically
by paulsutter 5y ago
When the IBM PC came out, I was upset that the term PC began forever to apply only to intel PCs and not PCs generally (previously the term PC meant generically any personal computer)
It was a waste of energy. Battles over word usage may feel like hard work but they don’t produce anything
- bencollier49 5y agoDon't get me started on "crypto" and "cyber".
- DyslexicAtheist 5y agofor 3 decades IOT meant Inter-Operability-Testing in a Telecommunications context. There where hundreds of people who's job title was "IOT Engineer" and it had nothing to do with the internet of things. Guess they all eventually gave up the fight and changed their career by pivoting into the IoT just so that recruiters leave them alone.
- witrak 5y agoPerhaps I'm wrong but for the Internet of Things, I always use the IoT acronym. And IOT != IOT...
- witrak 5y agoCorrection: IoT != IOT
- DyslexicAtheist 5y agome too but apparently the world does not care about case