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"Phones" were named after the Greek word for "sound", but modern phones are used in silence as often as not. (self.showerthoughts)
submitted 1 year ago by AbouBenAdhem to c/showerthoughts
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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Give it a few years and the term "computer" might be superseded. We'll forget where the word originated.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well, most people already forgot where it originated. That is from people whose job was to compute stuff by using tables, calculators and paper.

[–] NewEnglandRedshirt 11 points 1 year ago

I'm a freaking history teacher whose father was a computer scientist in the 70s and I didn't know this until I read Hidden Figures