>>The other option is to make up new words for things, even if there is already a word commonly used. IBM is famous for this.
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>IBM is famous for this? IBM is famous for this??? Boy, where have you been????
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>You may remember that IBM was in business before Bill Gates was born.
>IBM had terminologies for just about everything Billy's DOS had/used way back when. But Bill decided he had to make up his own words for just about everything.
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>Recently someone here wrote something like "... code a shim to ...". "Shim", I asked myself. What the hell would that be!?!?!!! I chalked it up to another Microsoft invention.
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>At least IBM did it the right way... they did not take words that mean one thing and change their meaning completely for computer application.
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>I've gotta say that Microsoft is by far and away the biggest offender of word mis-application that has ever been.
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>Have a good July 4th.
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Reminds me of the Microsoft joke:

How many Microsoft employees does it take to change a light bulb?

None. They'd just redefine "dark".