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		chistev 5 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The 600-year-old origins of the word 'hello' What's the origin of "Hello World"?

petepete 5 days ago | [–]

Radio DJ William B Williams' on air greeting, apparently.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_B._Williams_(DJ)

layer8 4 days ago | [–]

For programming, the origin is the K&R book The C Programming Language.

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