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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh wow, I thought it was because "i" was a short way of writing "index". Then "j" was just logical after that.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

You are still correct! The letters I & n are the first letters on Index.