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This has been true for Finnish also, more because of a stuffy language office that wanted to avoid unnatural influences.

Computer = tietokone = knowledge machine

Swap file = heittovaihtotiedosto = throw exchange record set (or some such).

So yeah, Finnish programmers rarely used the official words.




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