Terminology Oldsters vs Youngsters
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Terminology Oldsters vs Youngsters
I was struck with certain terminology differences between my generation and the newer ones, here are a few:
Programming vs Coding
Program vs Application aka "App"
Boot up vs Start up
What are some of the other differences you all have found?
Programming vs Coding
Program vs Application aka "App"
Boot up vs Start up
What are some of the other differences you all have found?
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Re: Terminology Oldsters vs Youngsters
I don;'t think programming vs coding is so new. Coders were always sorta wannabe programmers.
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Hard boot and soft boot comes to mind.
Initialize a drive?
I feel old.
Initialize a drive?
I feel old.
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Re: Terminology Oldsters vs Youngsters
Some of it makes sense but some does not. Programming is much more descriptive than coding. Code means a system of symbols and arbitrary words used to represent a message for transmission. Coding is converting a message into code. Application is a word that was giving a new meaning thanks to mobile devices. It started there and then all of a sudden there were no more programs or software. Everything become an app.
While we are at it, programmer vs developer. I cringe at developer because I think of real estate developers. They buy land, develop it and then sell it. Programmer is a more appropriate name IMO.
I get Start Up vs Boot Up. Not many people know what a bootstrap is nor do they have any idea what it means.
While we are at it, programmer vs developer. I cringe at developer because I think of real estate developers. They buy land, develop it and then sell it. Programmer is a more appropriate name IMO.
I get Start Up vs Boot Up. Not many people know what a bootstrap is nor do they have any idea what it means.
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If you want to confuse youngsters, ask them if they know why you "dial" a phone number. Then ask if they know where the dial is. I wager the expression on their innocent faces will be similar to the one a toddler has the first time someone plays 'I got your nose'.
A neighbor's kid lives to annoy and belittle "Boomers." A few weeks ago he inserted himself into a conversation between us Oldsters - we were explaining to one of the guys this thing called Reddit. Gen-XYZ quipped, "You would not understand, Boomer. It is social media." I responded with, "Usenet, only slightly better organized and somewhat more polite."
A neighbor's kid lives to annoy and belittle "Boomers." A few weeks ago he inserted himself into a conversation between us Oldsters - we were explaining to one of the guys this thing called Reddit. Gen-XYZ quipped, "You would not understand, Boomer. It is social media." I responded with, "Usenet, only slightly better organized and somewhat more polite."
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Re: Terminology Oldsters vs Youngsters
Me too.
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Come on, you all. I already feel old enough without your help.
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Re: Terminology Oldsters vs Youngsters
Not in my world. it's either a program or software. I live to confuse youngsters in a few more years I'll be in a rocking chair hollering.... get off my lawndiyliberty wrote: ⤴Tue Mar 12, 2024 10:07 am Application is a word that was giving a new meaning thanks to mobile devices. It started there and then all of a sudden there were no more programs or software. Everything become an app.
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You're only old if you can remember closing the latch behind a 5.25 floppy. If you don't remember it.... then your as young as a new snowLady Fitzgerald wrote: ⤴Tue Mar 12, 2024 2:37 pm Come on, you all. I already feel old enough without your help.
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I remember 8 inch floppies.
At work we had to convert our 5.25 inch floppies to 3.5 inch floppies. Now no one uses floppy disks any more.
At work we had to convert our 5.25 inch floppies to 3.5 inch floppies. Now no one uses floppy disks any more.
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Thanks for rubbing it in.TaterChip wrote: ⤴Tue Mar 12, 2024 5:50 pmYou're only old if you can remember closing the latch behind a 5.25 floppy. If you don't remember it.... then your as young as a new snowLady Fitzgerald wrote: ⤴Tue Mar 12, 2024 2:37 pm Come on, you all. I already feel old enough without your help.
I actually still have some knocking about.
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It gets worse when people start calling websites apps!diyliberty wrote: ⤴Tue Mar 12, 2024 10:07 am all of a sudden there were no more programs or software. Everything become an app.
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Oh good grief! Seriously? Where have I been?Moem wrote: ⤴Tue Mar 12, 2024 6:23 pmIt gets worse when people start calling websites apps!diyliberty wrote: ⤴Tue Mar 12, 2024 10:07 am all of a sudden there were no more programs or software. Everything become an app.
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I have some 3.5 knocking around but I ditched the 5.25 a while back. My first digital camera used the 3.5 disksLady Fitzgerald wrote: ⤴Tue Mar 12, 2024 6:22 pm Thanks for rubbing it in.
I actually still have some knocking about.
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I still have a bunch of those. I need to let them all go, along with the other antique tech I have knocking about (except my old tools; tools are useful, no matter their age).TaterChip wrote: ⤴Tue Mar 12, 2024 6:45 pmI have some 3.5 knocking around but I ditched the 5.25 a while back. My first digital camera used the 3.5 disksLady Fitzgerald wrote: ⤴Tue Mar 12, 2024 6:22 pm Thanks for rubbing it in.
I actually still have some knocking about.
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I can see several storage cases full of 5¼" disks (and some loose) from where I'm sitting (loft man-cave) .. most have been archived but I still need to do my C64 disks. There's even a still-sealed box of Maxell HD 5¼" disks on top of the shelf rack ..
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Re: Terminology Oldsters vs Youngsters
Who remembers bios beep codes?
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Remember them? I've always used them on my desktops. My new desktop's MOBO doesn't have a display that will display numeric error codes (thanks a lot for cheaping out, Giga - byte my ample asset ). There are four little LEDs arranged in a tiny square that light up in sequence when everything is copacetic but it's a bit of a stretch for me to see them from where I sit. I put a little speaker in the new desktop and I get that reassuring single beep just before it posts (ironically, a single beep with no post would point to a memory refresh error). I had to go online to find a list of
the beep codes, though. Gigabyte, bless their hearts, didn't think it was necessary to include them in the MOBO's manual.
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So what does it say when i completely forgot they had a latch until you reminded me;-) 360K! Enough for several spreadsheets and a few letters!