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1. Nelson+(OP)[view] [source] 2017-01-15 19:26:15
Fun tech crossover, the word "aglet". In addition to the shoelace word, it was also the name of a Java mobile agents framework from IBM ~1997. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aglets
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2. cgrisw+w1[view] [source] 2017-01-15 19:40:53
>>Nelson+(OP)
There is an episode of Phineas and Ferb in which the boys decide to spread the word about aglets:

http://phineasandferb.wikia.com/wiki/Tip_of_the_Day https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Evcsj1gx1CE

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3. wolfga+Q22[view] [source] 2017-01-16 22:46:06
>>Nelson+(OP)
I once explained to a co-worker that we needed to buy a packet of "ethernet aglets." They knew exactly what I was talking about, and to this day I still don't know what the actual name for the things is.
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4. profsh+75c[view] [source] [discussion] 2017-01-21 21:38:37
>>wolfga+Q22
My guess, based on the similarity to aglets, would be coax terminators?
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