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June 4, 2025

TIL: The origin of the name "Tron"

The name for the movie "Tron" comes from the "Trace On" command, which was used to track the lines of code being executed. Must have been especially useful when you had GOTO commands scattered all over the place.

Source: Reddit episode discussion thread of the TV show Halt and Catch Fire.

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