Tobias DiPasquale on 18 Sep 2004 12:31:01 -0000


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Re: [PLUG] Filesystem or File system


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On Sep 18, 2004, at 8:04 AM, Mike Chirico wrote:
OK, different topic. Is it FILESYSTEM or FILE SYSTEM?

Filesystem.

Its one of those words who's colloquial usage has made the concatenated variety the default through so much repetition, and indeed, makes it strange to see it the "normal English language" way. Spinlock, pathname, watchdog, filesystem, etc... all in the same boat.

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