[malkia]

When I first heard of Bloom filters, I thought of the Bloom effect - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloom_(shader_effect) - and we used to call these things filters for a while - then friend of mine told me about the other meaning :)

[QuercusMax]

I think the first thing any article about Bloom filters should mention is that they were invented by a guy named Burton Bloom. They don't have anything to do with "blooming" of any sort.

Very similar with Shellsort, which was designed by Donald Shell.

[jszymborski]

I always thought it was called shell sort because it invoked the image of a shell game and the pointer was like a shell covering the array element!!

Thanks for the edification!!!

[thefalcon]

I'm also always having to perform the manual translation in my head from shader effect when I read this term.