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Using language more responsibly


Abstract:

For the past three centuries, scientists have understood that their discipline's practitioners should have a broad cultural background, which would partly manifest in the...Show More

Abstract:

For the past three centuries, scientists have understood that their discipline's practitioners should have a broad cultural background, which would partly manifest in the words they coin. Words like electron, from the Greek elektra, show a certain proclivity for the classics and a gusto for the creation of beautiful terms. The computing profession, at least in the US, seems an exception to the rule that people with a university degree should first and foremost be well educated. Worse, the words and expressions our profession creates clearly indicate the scarce sense of history that permeates the engineering world.
Published in: Computer ( Volume: 35, Issue: 12, December 2002)
Page(s): 126
Date of Publication: 16 December 2002

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