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・ resource reservation protocol
・ restricted epl
・ restriction
・ restructured extended executor
・ restructuring
・ retcon
・ rete
・ reti
・ retrieve
・ retrocomputing
retronym
・ return from interrupt
・ return from the dead
・ return to zero
・ reusability
・ reuse
・ reverse address resolution protocol
・ reverse arp
・ reverse engineering
・ reverse polish notation


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retronym : FOLDOC
retronym
A term invented to distinguish a subclass of things from new members of the superclass, where the distinction was previously not necessary, since the old subclass had been all there was of the superclass.
For example, the retronyms "snail mail" and "{paper mail}" were coined by those for who "mail" was likely to mean electronic mail.
While the English language in general has a few retronyms ("whole milk", "snow skiing", "acoustic guitar"), hacker jargon is necessarily (at points capriciously) rich in retronyms, e.g. plaintext, natural language, impact printer, eyeball search, biological virus.
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(2001-02-25)



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