broadband is basically a thick set of twisted wires, maybe 2-in or less in diametor, rounded chord, sort of, and made of sometimes fiber optic wires, sometimes copper, but in what sense broad, and in what sense a band? (I used to work for the telecoms when they were building data centers. They have names like "Cat 5," short for category, etc etc.) ps.... would an emoticon be a metaphor... as well as a truncated word... emotion and icon.... plus would this be a metaphor? ;-) ----- Original Message ----- From: Gordon Joly <gordon.joly@pobox.com> Date: Monday, June 30, 2008 5:23 pm Subject: Re: [Air-L] Metaphors in Technology To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Cc: air-l@listserv.aoir.org
At 15:37 -0400 28/6/08, Kevin Guidry wrote:
On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 3:23 PM, Gordon Carlson <gordycarlson@gmail.com> wrote:
broadband
Not a metaphor. Typically misused these days but still a technical term with a specific, defined meaning.
Which is?
Gordo
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