Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site uwvax.ARPA Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!seismo!uwvax!reid From: reid@uwvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.nlang Subject: Re: What's it called? Message-ID: <985@uwvax.ARPA> Date: Tue, 12-Jul-83 15:08:19 EDT Article-I.D.: uwvax.985 Posted: Tue Jul 12 15:08:19 1983 Date-Received: Wed, 13-Jul-83 19:33:32 EDT References: <1836@floyd.UUCP> Organization: U of Wisconsin CS Dept Lines: 12 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)