--- Dave Mabry <dmabry_at_mich.com> wrote:
> That's funny. I've never heard it referred to as a "wart" or "wall
> wart" but I like that characterization.
I think now you can see the imagery - little black bumps all over the
wall, clustered around AC outlets...
> I used to have the computer he was referring to in the original post, a
> Zenith MastersPort SX and it's AC adapter was an inline variety. Cords
> on both ends. I never would have guessed it being called a wart.
I think that's an extended use of the metaphor - calling any external
transformer a "wall wart", whether it hangs from the wall or has a
short power cord. Personally, I reserve the term only for the type
that fastens up against the wall.
-ethan
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Received on Thu Jan 24 2002 - 15:52:13 GMT