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Exactly. It's a bit tricky to do the attribution. Looking at a current technology and giving it a single origin isn't realistic. In the comments Chris cites HA
by mijustin 14y ago
Exactly. It's a bit tricky to do the attribution. Looking at a current technology and giving it a single origin isn't realistic.
In the comments Chris cites HAM being a precursor for BBSes. Maybe; but so were actual physical bulletin boards.
- jff 14y agoHam is not an acronym. Nobody's quite sure of what it means, but it doesn't seem to be an acronym.
- mijustin 14y agoThanks ;) It's "ham radio" from now on! Just found the etymology here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etymology_of_ham_radio#Etymology http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etymology_of_ham_radio#Etymolog...