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From: reid@uwvax.UUCP
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Subject: Re: What's it called?
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Date: Tue, 12-Jul-83 15:08:19 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jul 12 15:08:19 1983
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When punched paper tapes used to be used once in a while with computers, there
were always those little round pieces of paper which were punched out.  These
came to be known as "chits", because the man that invented (so I'm told) the
tape where the chits weren't punched all the way out was named Chitless.  If
you got the point in spite of all the misplaced modifiers, thank you....



Glenn Reid
..seismo!uwvax!reid  (reid@uwisc.ARPA)