[Air-L] Metaphors in Technology

[NANCY MCDONALD-KNWRTHY]

broadband is basically a thick set of twisted wires, maybe 2-in or less in diametor, rounded chord, sort of, and made of sometimes fiber optic wires, sometimes copper,  but in what sense broad, and in what sense a band?  (I used to work for the telecoms when they were building data centers.  They have names like "Cat 5," short for category, etc etc.) 

ps.... would an emoticon be a metaphor... as well as a truncated word... emotion and icon.... plus would this be a metaphor?   ;-) 

----- Original Message -----
From: Gordon Joly <gordon.joly at pobox.com>
Date: Monday, June 30, 2008 5:23 pm
Subject: Re: [Air-L] Metaphors in Technology
To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org
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> At 15:37 -0400 28/6/08, Kevin Guidry wrote:
> >On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 3:23 PM, Gordon Carlson 
> ><gordycarlson at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>  broadband
> >
> >    Not a metaphor.  Typically misused 
> these days but still a technical
> >term with a specific, defined meaning.
> 
> Which is?
> 
> Gordo
> 
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