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Originally Posted by getimmaaw

Some people in non-English speaking countries, or countries that have english as a second language use these term to refer to computers and other things. Its not people getting dumber.

Calling a computer by one of the internal components that does not function on its own requires MORE knowledge than knowing the term "computer." This is therefore a case of someone over-thinking the matter and still failing to get it right. That doesn't say cultural barrier to me, that says cluelessness. Besides, of all the people I constantly hear refer to computers as hard drives and modems, a disproportionately small percentage of them speak English as a secondary language. I'd say these people tend to try harder to get it right and are more successful.