Yaky@slrpnk.net 1 week ago
IMO tech terms evolve a bit faster and are more accepted with their new spelling and meaning. Older words are less prone to such adjustments, but “alot” puzzles me as well.
Here are a few more to add to the confusion:
- From your own post, we now type “website” not "web site"
- We use email now, not e-mail, and definitely not “electronic mail”
- “Blog” is shortened "web log"
- Is it “username” or “user name”? They could mean different things, but might not
- It’s always “password”, not “pass word”. Same with “passphrase”.
- Is it “filename” or “file name”? In software, this becomes even more confusing since “filename” could imply a full path to the file, or just the name (sometimes without extension)
otp@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
Ah, I usually type website (especially since we say websites, so the conjugation is at the end of the compound word). I tried to be careful with typos! Haha
Username was another cause of debate. Should the field be “username” or “userName”? Well, the username represents the identity of the user (e.g., “otp” or “Yaky”). userName would represent the name of the user, which could be their first name for example. So then we might want userFirstName or userPreferredName.
Filename is one of the weird ones where I think it should be filename but it looks too long to be proper.