Re: Hashtable ordering
Roedy Green wrote:
If every programmer of your own generation knows what a word means, it
is not obvious you need to provide footnotes.
As a university student, let me give my knowledge:
Hollerith
punch card
I've heard the stories :-)
paper tape
mag tape
Heard, heard. Isn't that last one still around in the form of VHS and
cassette tapes?
core
As in magnetic core memory, or just core memory?
tube
As in vacuum tubes?
CRT
That's not *that* old.
TTY
Everyone who uses Linux or Unix has probably heard of this one.
Univac
Xerox (as a mainframe company)
Heard of them.
Control Data
Ahmdahl
data cell
merge
collator
control break
I'm guessing you don't want the first definitions that pop up in my head
here, with the possible exception of collator.
RPG
Nowadays, this means Role-Playing Game or Rocket-Propelled Grenade. Most
non-technically-oriented adults I've talked to associate it with the
latter. I've heard of the language, but I've never seen it.
engine
Which definition are you referring to?
COBOL
FORTRAN
Algol
Basic
I've heard of all four, seen at least five lines of code in all four,
and have actually programmed in two.
TSO
I may have heard of the acronym's expansion, but the acronym itself is a
bit mystifying
time sharing
IBM 360/370
IBM OS 370/MVS
Funny how these get brought up in the computer science classes constantly.
MTS
Don't know?
pen plotter
That's a new one.
line printer
I've heard of it: lp0 on fire!
dropping a card tray
Never heard the expression, but I can certainly imagine what would happen.
Oak
JavaOS
*blink* I have *definitely* heard of those...
PicoJava
GPSS
.... but not these.
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