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Originally Posted by BetterRed
[pet peeve]Why can't ITC invent its own terms, repo has meant Repurchase Agreement since before Linus Torvalds was born, or his parents, or perhaps even his grandparents.[/pet peeve]
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BR
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And here I thought it was short for repossession. As in the repo man took my car away after I missed a few payments.
For Linux, it just might be short for repository.
At least those two make sense. Shouldn't it be a repa or repag not a repo?