Why are routers called rowters and not rooters?

[Rat]

Yes. I'd misremembered it spelled with an x, I think. 1995 was still the era of config.sys and autoexec.bat, until Windows 95 changed everything.

Those of us who played games still needed autoexec.bat and config.sys for some time after 95 came out.

 

[Eligbak]

These days, USB wireless internet devices are being referred to as dongles.

These days, non-wireless USB devices are referred to as sticks. And what about autoexec.bat? Too unimaginative for Aussies?