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Project namesProject namesPosted Apr 15, 2011 14:01 UTC (Fri) by robbe (guest, #16131)Parent article: TXLF: HeliOS helps schoolkids and challenges developers
Why harp on (relatively) obscure projects -- because you don't already know what they stand for? Firefox. Powerpoint. Facetime. Eclipse. Java. Blender. Facebook. etc.
We all had to learn what these stand for, the same way we had to learn that the tool to put nails into wood is called a hammer, not a nailinator.
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Project names Posted Apr 15, 2011 16:00 UTC (Fri) by Trelane (subscriber, #56877) [Link]
hahahaha. I'd not thought about that before.
"Hammer." The -"er" indicates that it effects the thing that it attaches to, e.g. a "carrier" carries and a "flier" flies.
So clearly, a hammer hams. Perhaps it creates hams, or helps in the creation of ham?
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