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For those who don't know, the term sneakernet is actually relatively old. The oldest reference I could find is 20 years ago: http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/oldversions/jarg211.txt

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The jargon file's "tape" reference is likely to mean paper-tape than magnetic 9-track, so the term possibly goes back further to card-punch days. (I first heard the term in 1985 at my first job during high school: a PC consulting shop.)

I'd hazard a guess that the term was lifted from Navy or other such source far predating movement of electronic bits.

Anyone?

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