A list of 8 words by miaoling.
- programmingwas added by whichbe and appears on 18 lists
- halowas added by prolixpolymath and appears on 52 lists
- serverwas added by fbharjo and appears on 22 lists
- hostwas added by fbharjo and appears on 54 lists
- oraclewas added by miaoling and appears on 83 lists
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yaybob commented on the list computer-science-meets-religion
host
scroll
canonical order
lotus
oracle
daemon
job
hex dump
December 12, 2008
whichbe commented on the list computer-science-meets-religion
This list can go further than you think...
December 12, 2008
miaoling commented on the list computer-science-meets-religion
oh there you go. "oracle" and "daemon" were two of the words I always knew were missing. as for "host" and "job" though, isn't the coincidence just, well, a coincidence? I mean, when the first computer scientist decided to call it a "job", surely he didn't have the biblical book in mind?
December 12, 2008
nfriedman commented on the list computer-science-meets-religion
Agnostic (as in "platform-agnostic)
Evangelist (as in "technology evangelist)
Reigious wars (Mac vs. PC)
December 12, 2008
nfriedman commented on the list computer-science-meets-religion
Uh...that should have been RELIGIOUS wars (frozen fingers).
December 12, 2008
yaybob commented on the list computer-science-meets-religion
Host seems legit to me, as in a heavenly host of angels or in the communion host. It's not the same word as the computer word, but it's a homonym. According to "the free dictionary", the heavenly host, meaning either an army or a great number, derives from the Latin word hostis (enemy or stranger), the host that is the consecrated Eucharistis wafer from the Latin hostia (victim or sacrifice), and the computer word - a computer connected to a network and providing facilities to other computers and their users - from the Latin hospes (guest) anybody into rhetoric remember what zeugma is? I just learned last week. I believe that this sentence utilized prozeugma. It’s very interesting that ‘stranger’ is grouped with hostis/enemy rather than hospes/guest. See also "your dictionary"
Yes, job (short "o") isn't Job (long "o"). Is everybody familiar with capitonyms - a special category of near homographs differing in appearance by virtue only of capitalization (August/august, Polish/polish, Reading/reading, tangier/Tangier, nice/Nice are some other well known ones).
It (job/Job) and hex dump are there - how you say in Hinglish - intrabuccally linguistically.
December 12, 2008
miaoling commented on the list computer-science-meets-religion
You're right. The etymology was enlightening. I can't claim familiarity with any religion (I'm atheist) even though I'm probably most familiar with Christianity and Buddhism, both of which are common in places I've lived in.
Thanks for the bit about capitonyms. That's the most fascinating thing I've heard all day. The Turkey/turkey pair should probably be in there too, because the capital T makes ALL the difference:)
December 12, 2008
sionnach commented on the list computer-science-meets-religion
A list of capitonyms can be found here:
capitonyms list
"Turkey" would not be considered a capitonym according to the usual definition, which requires that the pronunciation change with capitalization.
December 12, 2008
miaoling commented on the list computer-science-meets-religion
It seems we can use a separate category for word pairs that differ by capitalization but NOT pronunciation. I have absolutely no idea how the sounds are different (I'm ESL and most of the words here I've never heard spoken). Btw, I opened up the list so anyone can add to it. Should be a fun exercise - who would think there's any link between computing and religion!
December 12, 2008
miaoling commented on the list computer-science-meets-religion
Also, shouldn't we differentiate common and proper nouns? I mean, when someone names a programming language for example, it can be pretty much anything, without being bound by the requirement that it has something in common with the product being named.
December 12, 2008
pollyanna commented on the list computer-science-meets-religion
Programming, isn't that what cults do?
December 12, 2008
whichbe commented on the list computer-science-meets-religion
TV execs, too.
December 12, 2008
reesetee commented on the list computer-science-meets-religion
Ad agencies, too.
December 13, 2008