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Questions about tracing out and describing the elements of an individual word, as well as the historical changes in form and sense which that word has experienced over its history. Please use the 'phrase-origin' tag for phrase/expression origins.
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Where does the term "hardware" in computer science come from?
From EtymologyOnline:
mid-15c., "small metal goods," from hard + ware (n.). In the sense of
"physical components of a computer" it dates from 1947. Hardware store
attested by 1789.
I can't f …
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Cute as a button
While I can't find any scholarly answers, most answers I'm finding say that 'button' refers to something pretty or attractive in a dainty way. After all, you're using the word 'cute' so you wouldn't b …
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