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Article #21283Re: Filesystem vs file system
From: Charles Richmond
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2018 23:02
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2018 23:02
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On 7/12/2018 2:40 PM, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote: > 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. > "You can tune a filesystem, but you can't tune a fish." -- numerist at aquaporin4 dot com
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