Wiki Incorrect?

Joachim Nilsson joachim.nilsson at vmlinux.org
Tue Oct 4 10:22:26 BST 2005


On Tue, 2005-10-04 at 03:03 -0400, James Blackwell wrote:
> Earlier today I came up with a better term than "distributed". The word
> was so blindingly obvious that I didn't bother to write it down. 

Let's see now, English is not my mother tounge, but here goes.

"The Wordsworth Reference":
	distributed; see tribe

	tribe; a race. From tribu, 'a tribe', a crude form of tribus.
	Said to have been of the _three_ original families in Rome.

"Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary":
	distribute: (1) separate something into parts and give a share
	to each person (in the tribe?) or thing: "In a co-operative
	profits are distributed among the work-force."
	"The demonstrators distributed leaflets to passers-by."
	(2) spead something; scatter; place at different parts:
	"Baggage loaded onto an aircraft must be evenly distributed."

Hmmm, was the word you were looking for:

	Co-operative,
	Shared,
	Scattered

Just a random note, boring day at work - release day.
Best regards
 /Jocke

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