Subject: Re: [lojban] "Pipes" and other computer terms

From: Jay Kominek <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 19:53:12 -0700 (MST)

On Mon, 12 Mar 2001, cmeclax po'u le cmevi'u ke'umri wrote:

> I'm writing a list of computer terms and am trying to come up with a word for
> "pipe". "samtubnu" or "datnytubnu" makes no sense, as pipes in a computer
> aren't hollow or made of material. I thought of "datnyxle", but that seems more
> appropriate to "socket", as anyone with the appropriate permissions can read or
> write a named pipe, whereas only one process at a time can read a socket, and

datnyfle (datni flecu) comes to mind as appropriate. It has a sense of
unidirectionality which is appropriate for UNIX pipes.

- Jay Kominek <[email-masked]>
UNIX is all about covering up the fact that you can't type.