Inhabitant of Carcosa :emacs: on Nostr: I was today years old when I learned the word "glitch" comes from Yiddish "glitshn", ...
I was today years old when I learned the word "glitch" comes from Yiddish "glitshn", " to slip". It entered English in the early 1950s in reference to small voltage spikes in radio or TV components causing audio or visual artifacts.
#TIL #glitch #HackerJargon #Yiddish
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