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7 Backstories Behind Everyday Tech**logy Terms
   Mouse, cookie, spam — all of these words are double agents The common Terms take on a second meaning when it comes to the tech world. Everyday words are lifted from the dictionary and crafted to have entirely different meanings to represent their computer counterparts Then there's the termi**logy flip-side, where words like "meme" or "weblog" are completely made up to define new Internet advancements Do you ever wonder how those Terms came to be? We do. Here are seven Backstories Behind popular tech Terms we constantly use See also: 20 Searches Made Ridiculous by Google Autocomplete 1. Mouse  Image: Flickr, Fernando de Sousa What it is: A navigational device used for computers. Where it came from: ** one really k**ws, **t even its inventor, Douglas Engelbart. Read more... More about Tech**logy, Features, Tech, Language, and History 
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