Etymologies...

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From: PG Manney <manney_at_nwohio.nwohio.com>
Date: Wed Jan 14 20:24:48 1998

Where did the following terms come from?

-Dongle
-Byte (named after nybble, or vice-versa?)
-Mainframe (Why not just...like..you know...call it a computer?)
-DB (as in DB-15, 25) I've also heard them called D-sub xx)
-Mouse

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