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Re:So, how’s that retirement thing going, anyway? by dorkinspace on Friday December 06, 2019 @12:31PM (#21724022)
As many times as I've used breadboards, I wondered where the name came from. Thanks for sharing this! Wikipedia seems to agree and has a few example images.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breadboard

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Re:So, how’s that retirement thing going, anyway? by HeyLaughingBoy on Friday December 06, 2019 @12:58PM (#21724332)
Yup. That's why they're really called "solderless breadboards" although most people drop the "solderless" part.

When I was about 12 or so I had an electrical kit that used screws with caps to connect the wires and components. I don't remember what the substrate was, but it could very well have been wood.

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