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Pieanne Posted 21 years ago
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key/blue nowhere
Hello!
I've just finished yet another thriller - an American one, about hackers - , and I have two questions:
1. Is it true that the verb "to key" is replacing the old one "to type"?
2. Is the expression "the blue nowhere" an equivalent of "the cyberspace", or has it only been made up by the writer?
Thank you!
I've just finished yet another thriller - an American one, about hackers - , and I have two questions:
1. Is it true that the verb "to key" is replacing the old one "to type"?
2. Is the expression "the blue nowhere" an equivalent of "the cyberspace", or has it only been made up by the writer?
Thank you!
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1. is an interesting Q. You could be correct, in that everyone will be keying soon enough.
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- is an interesting Q.
- You could be correct, in that everyone will be keying soon enough.
- But I still think they are describing differenct actions.
- I'd say that only a typist (that is someone who can type in a formal manner, rather than someone who has the job description typist) can type, whereas anyone, including my old dad (new to keyboards at 66 - uses just the one finger), can key.
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1. is an interesting Q. You could be correct, in that everyone will be keying soon enough. But I still think they are describing differenct actions. I'd say that only a typist (that is someone who can type in a formal manner, rather than someone who has the job description typist) can type, whereas anyone, including my old dad (new to keyboards at 66 - uses just the one finger), can key.
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PieanneHello!
I've just finished yet another thriller - an American one, about hackers - , and I have two questions:
1. Is it true that the verb "to key" is replacing the old one "to type"?
2. Is the expression "the blue nowhere" an equivalent of "the cyberspace", or has it only been ade up by the writer?
Thank you!
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It's tougher to type in a typewriter than keying in a keyboard, is it not?
There are certain rules to be followed in typewr
There are certain rules to be followed in typewr
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When I hear "key in", it seems to be associated with "data" (cf. "data entry"); whereas "typing" seems to be associated with letters, etc.
"Blue nowhere" could be the "wide blue cyber-yonder". Or perhaps that fatal "nowhere" screen I find myself staring at, when my lousy modem¹ topples over yet again.
MrP
¹A BT Voyager 105.
"Blue nowhere" could be the "wide blue cyber-yonder". Or perhaps that fatal "nowhere" screen I find myself staring at, when my lousy modem¹ topples over yet again.
MrP
¹A BT Voyager 105.
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