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Re:Aptronym by philwelch on Thursday October 24, 2013 @09:41AM (#6605171)
People think PageRank is an algorithm for ranking pages, but it's named after its discoverer.
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Re:Aptronym by ChikkaChiChi on Thursday October 24, 2013 @09:47AM (#6605196)
I was one such person.
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Re:Aptronym by wiradikusuma on Thursday October 24, 2013 @10:32AM (#6605452)
What did you discover/do?
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Re:Aptronym by ryanklee on Thursday October 24, 2013 @11:04AM (#6605655)
Parent is saying they misconstrued PageRank as having been named for its function rather than after (one of its) coders.
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