| ▲ | mc32 20 hours ago | |
Yes but that was like 40 years ago. I think by now the phraseology should reflect reality after about forty years. | ||
| ▲ | theandrewbailey 19 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |
We still talk about "bugs" (99+% of computer defects in the past 70+ years have not been caused by insects) and "AJAX" (long after most of these requests use JSON instead of XML). | ||
| ▲ | jacquesm 19 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
How many horsepower does your car have? | ||
| ▲ | arcanemachiner 19 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
Ironically, I only started hearing the term being used in the past decade, as a colloquial alternative to solid-state storage. | ||
| ▲ | seanhandley 19 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
“Phraseology” is subtly different. You mean “vocabulary”, “terminology”, possibly “nomenclature”. | ||