Comments on: What’s a Hulu? The Origins of 8 High-Tech Names

By: Martin Cooper

Martin Cooper — Tue, 24 May 2011 05:13:43 +0000

It feels good at my age to feel that I am a part of history.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 23:02:31 +0000

So really hulu doesn’t mean any specific ha. I guess they weren’t concerned that it was offensive in the largest muslim country in the world.

By: xinyun

xinyun — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:18:03 +0000

it is comparative in form and thus has the â€œ-usâ€ nominative ending.

By: were

were — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 06:45:31 +0000

it means â€œbutt.â€ While these translations are accurate, http://www.crazypurchase.com the folks behind naming hulu.com were inspired by a couple of Mandarin Chinese definitions instead â€“ â€œinteractive recordingâ€ and â€œa hollowed-out gourd used to hold precious things.â€

By: Zodarr

Zodarr — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:17:00 +0000

Prius in hungarian (written: priusz) means he/she has a bad record (was in jail before:))

Like the post BTW:)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 06:55:00 +0000

Linux is an interesting story.

Linus Torvalds originally wanted to call it “Freax.” And a lot of your early-versioned Linux source carried that name.

The FTP host didn’t liek the name and put the source code in a folder called Linux.

Guess which name stuck.

By: Bifold Doors

Bifold Doors — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 06:19:00 +0000

After some years Wikipedia may be replaced by Google Knol.

By: Morten G

Morten G — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 07:21:00 +0000

One thing more that most Danes don’t even know – Blaatand means Dark Chief in old norse. But in modern Danish it does sound exactly like Blue Tooth.

By: Firestorm

Firestorm — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:17:00 +0000

backronym… laughed for a few on that one! cool article. thanks!

By: Richard

Richard — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 04:18:00 +0000

Emily,

Prius is not like “servus” or “alumnus;” it is not a singular masculine noun of the second declension: It’s actually a singular neuter adjective of the third declension. Since it means “earlier,” it is comparative in form and thus has the “-us” nominative ending. The plural then does become “Priora” as was stated. Consult a solid Latin dictionary for further information.

Interesting article! Thanks, Rob.