Re: [tlug] Making an Android device bilingual

[Benjamin Tayehanpour <benjamin@example.com>]

On 15 December 2013 04:50, CL <az.4tlug@example.com> wrote:
> Imagine for a minute that you're sending this to a person who last used
> the term "side-load" in a computing environment to describe a type of
> 80-column punch card reader that he used in his daily work to copy his
> COBOL programs on to paper punch tape or 2" magnetic tape (this was
> before we got "modern" screw-on demountable 380Mb hard drives in the
> ultra-compact 30" size).  The term calls up visions of mechanically
> attaching or inserting something into something else, producing an
> audible, satisfying "click" sound.

There definitely is something to be said for satisfying click noises
and haptic feedback in general. :)

Here, "to side-load" means to load (install) through some other means
than the intended one, if there is one. Out-of-band. Ish.