"I'm doing homework and came across something called a *-property. Pronounced star property.
Why? Because nobody could come up with a name. It was written that way in a report so it'd be easy to find and update once they came up with a name, but they never did.
This field is sometimes so...goofy. They make jokes all the time, like naming the programming language C++ because it meant "add one to C" in computer programming, or rather its a way of saying "one better than C"
I've always kind of enjoyed how humanity seeps out in unexpected ways (like how telegraphers develop a distinct style and personality even when transmitting something as straightforward as Morse code), but I somehow still don't expect it to essentially permeate my textbooks like this.
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