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by Godel_unicode
1809 days ago
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You're just picking a point in time and calling that the beginning; every one of those things is based on previous tech with no military background. Even if it were true that in the distant past a thing had a military application/funding, there's no reason to use their terms for new things which aren't military in nature. No commercial liner calls it's full speed "military power". It's just cosplay at this point. |
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There's plenty of room to debate how much of our technology came from the military, but I don't think naming is a big deal.
Take the word "screen" for example. The original meaning was a partition to protect from heat. Many of these were fabric, and led to "magic lantern" shows done with shadows. The word was repurposed again for the projection era. And yet again for tube TV's and beyond.
If you told somebody from 100 years ago to look at the screen they would have no idea what you're talking about because the original meaning is lost.
That's why I don't think it matters whether we use military terms for computer stuff. It doesn't have its original meaning anymore.