Etymologies...

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From: Hans B Pufal <hansp_at_columbia.digiweb.com>
Date: Thu Jan 15 00:01:05 1998

PG Manney wrote:
>
> 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
>
> manney_at_nwohio.com
Received on Thu Jan 15 1998 - 00:01:05 GMT

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