[net.nlang] What's it called?

cwb@cbosg.UUCP (07/08/83)

(I'm a new reader of net.nlang, so please forgive me if this has already
been answered.)

Does anyone know what one should properly call the little strips of
holely paper on the sides of computer forms?  I've ripped off thousands
of the things but am at a loss as to what to call them except "little
strips of holey paper".  If someone would like to invent a name, please
try to come up with an eight letter name with the letters in strict
alphabetic order.

					Bill Brown
					cbosgd!cbosg!cwb

trb@floyd.UUCP (07/09/83)

I always think of the little strips of holey paper on the edges of
listings the "perfs" because they are perforated with sprocket holes
and they are also perforated so that you can separate them from the
listing.  I don't know whether this name is common, I don't talk about
them very often.

	Andy Tannenbaum   Bell Labs  Whippany, NJ   (201) 386-6491

ix222@sdccsu3.UUCP (07/12/83)

	Does anyone know what one should call the little strips of
	holey paper on the sides of computer forms?  I've ripped off
	thousands of the things but am a loss as to what to call them
	except "little strips of holey paper".  If someone would like
	to invent a name, please try to come up with an eight letter
	name with the letters in strict alphabetic order.

				Bill Brown
				cbosgd!cbosg!cwb

Lessee.  if you take the initial letters from each word in 
"Little Holey Strips On Sides Of Computer Forms" and arrange
them in lexicographic order, you get "cfhlooss", pronounced 
``sooflose''.  lets add it to our dictionary-- perhaps 100 years
from now, some particularly clever lexicographer will decide it 
is derived from ``Cthulhu's'', reasoning this more or less 
expresses the sentiment of anyone who has ever inadvertently 
ripped off a bit more than a little strip of holey paper.  

	god preserve us from what is cfhlooss,
	steve

reid@uwvax.UUCP (07/12/83)

When punched paper tapes used to be used once in a while with computers, there
were always those little round pieces of paper which were punched out.  These
came to be known as "chits", because the man that invented (so I'm told) the
tape where the chits weren't punched all the way out was named Chitless.  If
you got the point in spite of all the misplaced modifiers, thank you....



Glenn Reid
..seismo!uwvax!reid  (reid@uwisc.ARPA)