> It's hard to imagine why the meaning has changed as much as it has
Because the supporting infrastructure was historically called that, and it stuck. Just like how pocket computers are called "phones" because they evolved from telephones.
Because the supporting infrastructure was historically called that, and it stuck. Just like how pocket computers are called "phones" because they evolved from telephones.
Yeah, that's a really good point.
I guess at least we have the modifier "mobile" and "smart" to differentiate the different types of phone (up to and including the pocket computer).
I don't think there is a written equivalent of a VPN which is only acting as an exit node.