This has been true for Finnish also, more because of a stuffy language office that wanted to avoid unnatural influences. Computer = tietokone = knowledge machi

This has been true for Finnish also, more because of a stuffy language office that wanted to avoid unnatural influences. Computer = tietokone = knowledge machine Swap file = heittovaihtotiedosto = throw exchange record set (or some such). So yeah, Finnish programmers rarely used the official words.