> Likewise, we began to "load" stuff, not "up" or "down", but to the "side".
In the early or mid 2000s, I remember using a file hosting service which advertised sideloading as a feature — by that, they meant you could paste in a URL of a file on the Web, and the service would download the file directly into your storage space, skipping the need to download to disk first then upload from there.
Re:Firmware Is Broken Terminology
by FroshKiller on Saturday June 03, 2023 @11:26AM
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I think the more common term for that is transloading.
Re:Firmware Is Broken Terminology
by NoZebra120vClip on Saturday June 03, 2023 @04:13PM
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Seems to be primarily a warehouse/shipping term, but OK.
"File transfer" -- too generic?
Likewise, we began to "load" stuff, not "up" or "down", but to the "side".
A googol (the number) is something uttered by a mathematician's toddler.
I'm sure that programmers were chuckling when we went from "bits" to "bytes" but we hardly even think about that anymore.
So why not, let's have squishyware, and viscousware, and stickyware, and put them next to our vaporware?