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Old 04-07-2020, 12:17 AM   #14
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[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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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?
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