Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, May 25, 2017 Klingon word: nIqHom Part of speech: noun Definition: software Source: qep'a' 23 2016 - Friend of Maltz: qurgh This Klingon Word of the Day is brought to you by qurgh (qurgh@kli.org).
Klingon Word of the Day for Thursday, May 25, 2017
Klingon word: nIqHom Part of speech: noun Definition: software Source: qep'a' 23 2016 - Friend of Maltz: qurgh[]
DI'ruj velqa' nIqHom virtual reality software (n) (qep'a' 2016) Any clues as to the derivation? AFAIK there's no noun *{nIq}, but there is {nIqDob} "hole punch, perforator (from qep'a' 2015). There's also a verb {nIq} "weave". SEE ALSO: De'wI' computer (n) *De'wI' mIw computer program (Mailing List) (n) SoSbor'a' main core (computer) (n) (use for "hardware"?) ghun program (a computer) (v) -- Voragh tlhIngan ghantoH pIn'a' Ca'Non Master of the Klingons
On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 11:18 AM, Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu> wrote:
Any clues as to the derivation? AFAIK there's no noun *{nIq}, but there is {nIqDob} "hole punch, perforator (from qep'a' 2015). There's also a verb {nIq} "weave".
In her notes about Charles Babbage's conceptual general purpose computer, Ada Lovelace writes: "The Analytical Engine weaves algebraic patterns just as the Jacquard loom weaves flowers and leaves." The comparison is made because the Jacquard loom uses punched cards to determine its patterns, and those were envisioned as the way to program the AE. -- ghunchu'wI'
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