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		SahAssar on March 10, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A word used only by Postgres developers It's also used in libjpeg: https://github.com/kornelski/libjpeg/blob/master/libjpeg.doc... Maybe it's used as a sort of shibboleth and accidentally escaped internal communication into source code? It does not seem to be spreading very much, though.

saurik on March 10, 2022 | [–]

The original developer of libjpeg is Tom Lane, who is the same lead developer who uses this term at PostgreSQL.

https://handwiki.org/wiki/Biography:Tom_Lane_(computer_scien...

wyldfire on March 10, 2022 | [–]

Showing up on HN is a bit of a superspreader event.

markstos on March 10, 2022 | [–]

Username checks out.

selimthegrim on March 11, 2022 | | [–]

Clearly there are no Andromeda Strain fans here.

wyldfire on March 11, 2022 | | [–]

Good call -- that's exactly where I got the name!

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