bob@plus5.UUCP (Bob Simpson) (07/11/85)
I have always referred to this stuff as "sprue". This is what we used to call the leftover pieces from plastic model kits. -- Dr. Bob UUCP ..!{ihnp4,cbosgd,seismo}!plus5!bob The opinions expressed here are only loosely based on the facts.
gangal@petsd.UUCP (Dept 3271) (07/12/85)
< This may offend those in the tractor-feed strip industry > How often do you refer to them (tractor-feed strips) that you need another name besides "Tractor-feed strips" or "Those-strips-of-paper-with- holes-in-them-along-the-edge-of-the-computer-paper" (I'm sure our German-speaking friends call them something similar :-) ) I would guess that any frequency of use encoding would suggest a long word...