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RickHull on July 8, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: The History of the URL: Domain, Protocol, and Port

Great article. Another nitpick:

> It’s important to dispel any illusion that these decisions were made with precence for the future the domain name would have.

I don't think precence is a word, and I'm not sure what would make sense as its replacement.

juliendorra on July 8, 2016 | [–]

Prescience (knowledge of things before they happen)

schoen on July 8, 2016 | | [–]

Now I wonder if "foreknowledge" could have come into English as a calque of Latin "praescientia".

zackbloom on July 8, 2016 | [–]

Fixed, thanks so much!

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