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)