Re:Doom Running on an IKEA Lamp [video]
by loritorto on Monday June 14, 2021 @03:31AM
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Actually, the correct technical term for "lightbulb" is "lamp", and the correct term for "lamp" is "fixture" :)
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Maybe in your language, but looking at my English dictionary it clearly says a lamp is a device for jibing light consisting of a bulb, holder and shade.
Historically a lamp would consist of the wick, oil and holder.
From wikipedia (Electric light): " In technical usage, a replaceable component that produces light from electricity is called a lamp."
EDIT: Yes, later in the same page: "Lamps are commonly called light bulbs;"
Re:Doom Running on an IKEA Lamp [video]
by maybeOneDay on Monday June 14, 2021 @05:43AM
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"In technical usage" means that this level of nitpicking isn't really accurate. When you say "they ran doom on a lamp" that isn't a piece of scientific literature. It's just conversational English and as such using the common dictionary definition of the word lamp as opposed to a technical definition is entirely appropriate.