I wonder sometimes what would be the oldest extant word based on technology no longer in use. Taping an interview? Dialing someone? https://twitter.com/hels/status/679059633949011970 …
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Certainly not the oldest, but a curious one: last time I checked (~5 years ago) the final version of a paper (to be published in a conference's proceedings) was still called the "camera ready" though cameras aren't involved for a while now.
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Oh, and camera itself means “room” from “camera obscura,” right?
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