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Re: A-Phi-Q chapters- 2 questions

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William J. Turner)
Tue Nov 25 13:48:17 1997

Date:         Tue, 25 Nov 1997 13:46:58 -0500
Reply-To: "William J. Turner" <wjturner@EOS.NCSU.EDU>
From: "William J. Turner" <wjturner@EOS.NCSU.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list APO-L <APO-L@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
In-Reply-To:  Derek Cashman <Dcashman@CONCENTRIC.NET> "Re: A-Phi-Q chapters- 2
              questions" (Nov 25, 13:43)

> That would be the Microsoft Word / Corel Wordperfect definition, so in the
> computer world of Bill Gates followers, you are correct,...

That would also be the historical answer, too.  the latin W came from the greek
Omega.  (Which I believe is where those programs get the idea to use it that
way.)

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