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Re: Guardian 23000



Paddy Grove <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> "Peter T. Daniels" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 
> > Where does "op" occur outside the military jargon of "special ops"?
> 
> Surgical operations: "I'm going into hospital for a knee op"; "My
> cat's had the op"

Also machine instruction "op code" in computing, short for "opus" in
music (only in writing??), for "optical" in "op art" (Bridget Riley,
etc.)

-- 
Brian



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