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▽Language Log ●02/05 06:53 The Power of NamingFebruary 4, 2025 @ 11:00 am · Filed by Victor Mair under Classification, Information technology, Language and music, Language and science, Languages, Names, Topolects[This is a guest post by Conal Boyce]Overview: Here we look at some technical terms and how they’ve fared since their release to, or adoption by, the public: information theory; (TW) the colored quarks of Nambu