Subject: RE: [linux-audio-dev] LAAGA or JACK or...(was: LADMEA revisited.. .)
From: STEFFL, ERIK *Internet* (SBCSI) ("STEFFL,)
Date: Tue Oct 02 2001 - 02:05:04 EEST
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Davis [mailto:pbd_AT_Op.Net]
...
> >that's why i think JACK should be renamed to LAIC, which stands for
> >Linux Audio InterConnect
>
> 1) there's nothing Linux specific about it.
that's a very valid point. IMO good enough to not go with LAIC.
> 2) JACK => JACK Audio Connection Kit
> 3) Most people would have no idea how to say "LAIC"
why not? it's an english word, not very common one but not obscure either
(well, maybe it's not obsure to me 'cause we have the same word in slovak
[ahoj, marek]):
jojda:~>dict laic
3 definitions found
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English [gcide]:
Laic \La"ic\, n.
A layman. --Bp. Morton.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English [gcide]:
Laic \La"ic\, Laical \La"ic*al\, a. [L. laicus: cf. F.
la["i]que. See {Lay} laic.]
Of or pertaining to a layman or the laity. ``Laical
literature.'' --Lowell.
[1913 Webster]
An unprincipled, unedified, and laic rabble. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 [wn]:
laic
adj : concerning those not members of the clergy; "set his collar
in laic rather than clerical position"; "the lay
ministry"; "the choir sings both sacred and secular
music" [syn: {lay}, {secular}]
erik
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