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Jules6 | 22:24 Sat 06th Aug 2005 | Technology
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What 5-letter computer term is taken from a Rudyard Kipling quotation?
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TWAIN
The word is from Kipling's "The Ballad of East and West" - "...and never the twain shall meet...", reflecting the difficulty, at the time, of connecting scanners and personal computers.
23:52 Sat 06th Aug 2005
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I heard that in computing TWAIN stood for "Thing Without An Interesting Name" as they couldn' think what to call it.....
00:06 Sun 07th Aug 2005
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That's pure folklore Oneeyedvic... I used to think the same but Fern's answer is actually correct.
00:31 Sun 07th Aug 2005

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