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Re:Secretive – macOS native app to store SSH keys in the Sec... by ithkuil on Saturday June 27, 2020 @05:34PM (#23664867)
engineer

/ɛndʒɪˈnɪə/

Origin:

"Middle English (denoting a designer and constructor of fortifications and weapons; formerly also as ingineer ): in early use from Old French engigneor, from medieval Latin ingeniator, from ingeniare ‘contrive, devise’, from Latin ingenium (see engine); in later use from French ingénieur or Italian ingegnere, also based on Latin ingenium, with the ending influenced by -eer."

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Re:Secretive – macOS native app to store SSH keys in the Sec... by PascLeRasc on Saturday June 27, 2020 @08:23PM (#23665792)
This is also where the term 'civil engineer' comes from [1]. It was civilian-focused "engineering" of fortifications like bridges or roads. I've wondered for a while if there was any controversy around the first use of the term "electrical engineer" or "chemical engineer" like how there was with software engineering not being considered "real engineering" around 10 years ago, but I can't really find any information on that.

[1] https://www.britannica.com/technology/civil-engineering

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