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From: owen@eedsp.gatech.edu (Owen Adair)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Eject floptical; Insert FLOPTY
Message-ID: <379@eedsp.gatech.edu>
Date: 10 Aug 89 18:08:16 GMT
References: <376@eedsp.gatech.edu> 
Reply-To: owen@eedsp.UUCP (Owen Adair)
Distribution: comp.sys.next
Organization: DSP Lab, School of Electrical Engineering, Ga. Tech, Atlanta, GA  30332
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In article  drb@F.CS.CMU.EDU (Dean Benjamin) writes:
>I prefer the 2-syllable "flopty" to the 3-syllable "floptical", as used by
>flur@eedsp.gatech.edu (Peter W. Flur) in article <376@eedsp.gatech.edu>:
>"just above the right hand corner of the flopty."
>                                         ------
>Did Peter coin this term, or has it appeared elsewhere?

In the DSP Lab here at Tech, we use the term od (ohh-dee) short for optical
disk. Dunno why everyone is trying to get real cute with it.
Any term with "floppy" in it is a misnomer.

:-)

-owen



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Owen Adair, WD4FSU                                            
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