Technological transmogrification: the evolution of language

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Loved that fruity picture.

"I worry that many kids nowadays will ... forget about Greek mythology entirely."
So explain the story to your god-daughter ... and then ask her what she thinks a 'trojan' might be on her computer. Etymology, mythology and technology in one fun 'lesson'! Then on to outbound firewalls ... job done.

"Why would a website data holding snippet be referred to something commonly embedded with chocolate chips?"
Because they borrowed it from the Jurassic period of computing, when UNIX was new. It used to be 'magic cookie'. More I cannot tell you.

Yours,
Triassic, active, carnivorous

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