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Absolutely not. I would imagine that most of the folks who used the internet through the 80s and 90s would know this and it's mostly the younger folks who might not understand the difference.
Absolutely not. I would imagine that most of the folks who used the internet through the 80s and 90s would know this and it's mostly the younger folks who might not understand the difference.
Right, us oldsters remember pre-WWW internet. Sometimes I feel like a dinosaur
sort of nit picking a bit... but this is hardly the only "misused" IT term. Others off the top of my head....
** "virus" - the all inclusive term used for malware. Technically, virus is really just one form of malware. Of course, it doesn't help when the product the industry invents to control them is called "anti-VIRUS".
** "hacker" - the bad guys behind computers. Originally, it really just meant those that like to tinker with technology. "Cracker" was really the term used for those with malicious intent. Maybe hacker won out as cracker also had a different meaning....
** "WiFi Router/Switch" - more of convenience and functionality since most consumer based gateways combine both routing and switching functionality. But as a former network guy... its a bit of a pet peeve when someone uses 'switch' and 'router' interchangeably (and can be confusing from a troubleshooting standpoint). I guess that kind of evolved from interchanging hub and switch.
** "hard drive / CPU" - is not the box your keyboard, monitor and mouse is connected to. That's the computer. It does contain your hard drive and CPU, but it also contains the Motherboard, interface cards, power supply....etc.
** MAC vs Mac. Obviously, this is only in writing. But MAC is a networking acronym, Apple's computer products are Macs... who I believe, came out with the first "PC" ... but I digress...
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