Tubes and Hoses - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

22 Oct 2000

Tony didst scribe:

...
 One pun that may not have crossed the Pond is that it
was called the 
'Tube' not only because it was a thing for shifting data from one machine 
to the other (like a tube would carry a fluid), but also because the Tube 
is a slang name for the London Underground (railway) (what you'd call the 
Subway) and is thus an alternative to travelling by bus... 
Heh - reminds me as to why the bus interconnect in the Alpha is called a
'hose'.....in the labs they had everything connected together with thick
green cables which someone said looked like garden hoses.....

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