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From: Ahem A Rivets Shot
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2018 19:40

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On Thu, 12 Jul 2018 17:21:38 GMT
usenet@only.tnx (Questor) wrote:

> On Wed, 11 Jul 2018 10:27:47 -0700 (PDT), jesse.j...@gmail.com wrote:
> >According to dictionary.com, "filesystem" is not a word in and of
> >itself, though most IT folks I know, including myself, use it as such in
> >documentation we do.
> 
> Then you are incorrect.  It is two words, as are "hard disk."  It is also
> still a web site, e-mail, and the Internet.  What style guide do you
> follow?

	It used to be that a word had to appear in a fairly small number of
suitable publications to be accepted by the OED for inclusion - I'd think
that filesystem had reached that by now.

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