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WhyTheName - Debian Wiki edit / delete

"An IT-etymology/linuxguistics page for people wondering "how come the package yasysmand-cling has such a strange name?""

to debian naming open-source software ... on 14 October 2016

Long Names Are Long – journal.stuffwithstuff.com edit / delete

Advice on short variable names. (This is basically the same as the Google style guide suggests, which shouldn't be surprising given the author works at Google...)

to ag0700 naming software-engineering ... on 28 August 2016

Naming Schemes edit / delete

They seem to be missing "obsolete radio manufacturers", "proper names from Eric Frank Russell's Allamagoosa" and "characters from the Professor Branestawm stories". Other than that, fairly comprehensive.

to naming networking ... on 12 November 2012