Apple and the risks of trading 29,000 times per second

Re:Apple and the risks of trading 29,000 times per second by crististm on Tuesday March 27, 2012 @03:56AM (#3760529)

I just like how they invent lingo to cover up their screw-ups. False print? Come on - Now if I want to describe the problem there is a name for it. And they made sure to mention it three times + one in the photo so I will remember it.

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Re:Apple and the risks of trading 29,000 times per second by tezza on Tuesday March 27, 2012 @07:49AM (#3761002)

Easy, "false print" comes from the days of ticker-tape

Ticker tape would literally be a paper tape. Trade info like last trade prices/qty would be sent over a telegraph link to be printed on the paper tape.

That's where the Print comes from.

The False bit is some error along the way means the print you got should be discarded. Historical reasons were operator error, dead rats on wires, cosmic rays etc

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Re:Apple and the risks of trading 29,000 times per second by bloat on Tuesday March 27, 2012 @04:43AM (#3760617)

Right... because we don't have any jargon in the tech industry.

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Re:Apple and the risks of trading 29,000 times per second by crististm on Tuesday March 27, 2012 @01:17PM (#3762654)

The jargon is for the insiders to speed up their communication.

Using the jargon with the outsiders is just short for BS.

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