holy war

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2 Translations 1.2.3 See also

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[edit] Etymology

In the computing sense, coined or popularized by Danny Cohen's paper “On Holy Wars and a Plea for Peace”, Internet Experiment Note 137, published 1980 April 1, which compared the debate over serialization order to the holy war between "Little-endians" and "Big-endians" in Jonathan Swift's novel Gulliver's Travels.

[edit] Noun

holy war (plural holy wars)

1. A war that is entirely, primarily, or ostensibly religious in motivation; a war over religion.
2. (computing) A flame war that is considered to resemble a war over religion, in that the strength of emotion is not proportional to the magnitude of the disagreement.

[edit] Synonyms

• (war over religion): jihad
• (flame war): flame war, flamewar

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[edit] See also

• crusade