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just in case it hasnt clicked yet, the X is the greek letter chi, so the url is "archive" phonetically



I've been using the Arxiv for 10+ years. I always thought it was just a "cool" way of spelling it, like "ArXiV" or "eXtReme". Mind blown, thanks.


Now the game "arxiv vs snarxiv"[0] will also make more sense to you!

[0] http://snarxiv.org/vs-arxiv/


What about vixra[0]?

[0]https://vixra.org/




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