cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/63944726

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[โ€“] 2 points 3 months ago (1 child)

It's not really appropriated, as it's still the same thing, just being used for a purpose other than the one it was originally invented for. Plenty of things end up useful for things other than why they were invented but retain a name based on the original very specific use case that doesn't make sense for their common use case. USB's name isn't appropriated when a device charges over USB-PD and uses resistors on the channel configuration pins to set the current limits without a serial connection, despite serial bus being part of the name.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 3 months ago

    It is the same technology, but from 'virtual', 'private' and 'network' only 'virtual' and 'network' kept their meaning. The network is no longer 'private', when all traffic goes through a third party (unencrypted on their side!).

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