Re: Startup
This is difficult to answer, because it's difficult to be sure if omission of the hypen in an early citation was deliberate or simply a typo. Another complication is that "startup" (usually...
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Quote:"startup" (usually unhyphenated) was the name of a kind of bootHow much of a coincidence is it that starting up a computer is called booting? My understanding is that this sense ...Read More
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How much of a coincidence is it that starting up a computer is called booting? Entirely, I think. "Startup" seems to have passed from referring to boots to referring to leggings in the 1600s, and even...
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