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On Sun, 2009-10-11 at 11:58 +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: |
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> sometimes upstream changes a packet without renaming it |
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This got me thinking. I've been hearing the word "packet" used a lot |
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lately to describe software. I always think "is this a new thing or did |
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they mean 'package'? |
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I tried doing my own investigation. Googling "software packet" returns |
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mostly software about network monitoring. Googling "software package" |
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returns just what you'd expect. Yet I've heard a few people lately |
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describe software as a "packet". Did these people phonetically mis-hear |
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"package" as "packet"? Is this something new? Sometimes I think to |
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correct these people but perhaps I'm the one who needs correcting? |
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