• surewhynotlem@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    That’s my point. What it means to others is key. There are more “computer engineers” than actual computer engineers. The way language works, and by volume, the phrase is now accepted as overloaded. You can’t cling to the first definition in the dictionary and say the second definition is a lie.

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      11 months ago

      this is definitely not true. Computer Engineering is a relatively common major even