Geneva Drive: A mechanism that converts continuous motion into discrete motion.
The name was derived from its usage in mechanical watches which were popularized in Geneva. This mechanism can also be found in movie projectors, banknote counting machines… pic.twitter.com/XdcnBNXSjb
"I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu)â
Linus Torvalds, a 21 year old student at University of Helsinki, announces on Usenet that he is working on a new OS that would eventually become Linux pic.twitter.com/Ha5TFQCC8c