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Re: trivia: origin of names for UPPER() and LOWER()

From: ChrisF <chris.freel_at_gmx.ch>
Date: 29 Dec 2005 01:12:22 -0800
Message-ID: <1135847542.669386.70820@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> 





More anachronisms:



Telephone "ringing" or "ring tone"


Re-boot		from the days of a "bootstrap program".
USB disc

Floppy disc	(try bending a 3½ inch "floppy" disc)
Return key		from "carriage return" on a typewriter
Print Screen key	Still on all known PC keyboards.
Table		Why are they called tables and not arrays?
Upgrade		Usually a breach of the trade descriptions act


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