[OT] directories / folders
Man-wai Chang
toylet at changmw.com
Thu Dec 3 18:30:21 PST 2009
> Folders is probably easier for the average non-computer type to
> understand while computer geeks have been using directories for
> decades now.
>
The word "directory" has been in use since the days of pulse-tone
dialing telephones. In Hong Kong, back then, there was a printed
telephone directory called "The Yellow Pages".
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