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Yeah. It is not too uncommon for terms to refer to how things were done in the past or in another context. For example, we still "dial" a number on our phone ev
by em3rgent0rdr 1y ago
Yeah. It is not too uncommon for terms to refer to how things were done in the past or in another context. For example, we still "dial" a number on our phone even though rotary phones are no longer used...for other examples see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misnomer#Older_name_retained https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misnomer#Older_name_retained
- kazinator 1y agoThat's the same context (making a call to a phone number) with a different implementation.