24 Jan
2002
24 Jan
'02
10:52 a.m.
--- Dave Mabry <dmabry(a)mich.com> wrote:
That's funny. I've never heard it referred to
as a "wart" or "wall
wart" but I like that characterization.
I think now you can see the imagery - little black bumps all over the
wall, clustered around AC outlets...
I used to have the computer he was referring to in the
original post, a
Zenith MastersPort SX and it's AC adapter was an inline variety. Cords
on both ends. I never would have guessed it being called a wart.
I think that's an extended use of the metaphor - calling any external
transformer a "wall wart", whether it hangs from the wall or has a
short power cord. Personally, I reserve the term only for the type
that fastens up against the wall.
-ethan
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