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The etymological history of the group name is interesting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheel_(computing) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheel_(computing) The
by twoodfin 3y ago
The etymological history of the group name is interesting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheel_(computing) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheel_(computing)
The term wheel was first applied to computer user privilege levels after the introduction of the TENEX operating system, later distributed under the name TOPS-20 in the 1960s and early 1970s. The term was derived from the slang phrase big wheel, referring to a person with great power or influence.
In the 1980s, the term was imported into Unix culture due to the migration of operating system developers and users from TENEX/TOPS-20 to Unix.
- somat 3y agoI always understood it as the thing you use to drive the ship.