multiplicity

[Marc Sacks]

Do you find this among people in general, or more among people who are
especially involved with computers?

In technical writing and conversation among computer people "multiple" is
always preferred, as in "log into multiple databases on multiple servers."
Could this be another piece of computer argot finding its way into general
usage?

Marc
msacks at theworld.com

>
> I do think I'm hearing "multiple" more than I used to. I don't know
> that I'd say it's preferred, but it _seems_ more common -- for
> whatever that's worth!
>
> James Harbeck.
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