>>>>> "linuxtv" == linuxtv <linuxtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
linuxtv> Why are the Linux dvb devices are named
linuxtv> /dev/dvb/adapterN/xxxM? Doesn't this just prove that
linuxtv> computer programmers don't do well in other subjects like
linuxtv> English?
linuxtv> An "adapter" is "one who adapts". An "adaptor" is a
linuxtv> device.
linuxtv> Somebody should correct the glaring purile grammatical
linuxtv> error before it gets too deeply embedded.
Who said it is English?
See http://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Adapter
and even if it is English:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adapter
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=adapter
Marcus
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