Mouse, cookie, spam — all of these words are double agents
The common terms take on a second meaning when it comes to the tech world. Everyday words are lifted from the dictionary and crafted to have entirely different meanings to represent their computer counterparts
Then there’s the terminology flip-side, where words like “meme” or “weblog” are completely made up to define new Internet advancements
Do you ever wonder how those terms came to be? We do. Here are seven backstories behind popular tech terms we constantly use
1. Mouse
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Where it came from: No one really knows, not even its inventor, Douglas Engelbart. Read more…
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