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by tejtm 83 days ago

  purl: persistent uniform resource locator  (at least since 1995)
[] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persistent_uniform_resource_lo...
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There is also package url (`pkg:/`), now an ECMA standard: https://ecma-international.org/publications-and-standards/st...
It's also the name of my business, chosen for the definition "(of a stream or river) flow with a swirling motion and babbling sound". I have to say, it's really unsettling when a behemoth like Stripe shows interest in a word you use for branding/identity, even in a totally unrelated industry. I doubt it matters, but I'd feel better if they just didn't