Comment by littlestymaar
7 days ago
Just because something is named after the name of a biological concept doesn't mean it has anything to do with the original thing the name was taken from.
7 days ago
Just because something is named after the name of a biological concept doesn't mean it has anything to do with the original thing the name was taken from.
Name collisions are possible, but in these cases the terms are explicitly modeled on the biological concepts.
It's not name “collision”, they took a biological name that somehow felt apt for what they where doing.
To continue oblios's analogy, when you use the “hibernation mode” of your OS, it only has superficial similarity with how manals hibernate during winter…
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Whoa, hold it right there!
Next you'll tell me that Windows Hibernate and Bear® Hibernate™ have nothing in common?