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		kgwgk 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Phrase origin: Why do we "call" functions? Index cards are not different from index entries in a book. Index is “indicator” or “pointer” in Latin (hence the name of the finger).

tshaddox 5 months ago [–]

Yeah, I've got the vocab, I just never associated index cards with that use case because growing up we only ever used index cards for labeling, note-taking, arts and crafts, and flash cards.

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