3 Matching Annotations
- Aug 2020
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html.spec.whatwg.org html.spec.whatwg.org
- Oct 2019
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english.stackexchange.com english.stackexchange.com
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I'd say that "dump" in the CS sense, both as noun and verb, is merely another application of its preexisting meanings even without the vulgar one, particularly the ones related to unloading/releasing contents. (For example, "dump truck".)
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For some geeky reason, the computer programming world has long maintained a tradition of using words in new ways, with a studied obliviousness to their prior, rude meanings: for example, 'dump'. 'Falsey' is merely another word in this long, and quite useful, tradition.
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