Timeline for Who first used the term "bit rot"?
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| Oct 23, 2012 at 20:23 | vote | accept | Hugo | ||
| Nov 8, 2011 at 13:39 | comment | added | Unreason | Software rot is there since 1981... actually since previous version, but that is not dated. | |
| Nov 8, 2011 at 13:23 | comment | added | Hugo |
@Unreason The 1987 jarg140.txt also lists SOFTWARE ROT... Also known as "bit decay.", which by 1990's jarg211.txt is SOFTWARE ROT... Also known as BIT DECAY, BIT ROT.
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| Nov 8, 2011 at 12:51 | comment | added | Unreason | Interestingly older jargon version (1981) does not list 'bit rot', though it lists 'bit decay' (which is in later versions linked to 'bit rot'). The first version of jargon that lists it is from 1990 (see for yourself). | |
| Nov 8, 2011 at 12:38 | history | answered | Hugo | CC BY-SA 3.0 |