I just read the ad on TR for the Windows 9x support CD and noted with interest that 9x is now regarded as ‘legacy’ technology.
Some all in one mobos and systems these days are also described as ‘low legacy’, meaning that they have done away with parallel, serial and, in many cases, PS/2 ports. Of course, ISA bus connectors are virtually unheard of except in the industrial computing world where ISA based industrial control cards are still mainstream.
Having checked the term ‘legacy’ in various dictionaries, a legacy is defined as something given from one generation to the next, handed down, or passed on…not something that has been left behind. If ones predecessors leave something in a will, this is a legacy. If the term was used in the common ‘computer’ parlance, then a ‘legacy’ would be something that ISN’T given to you in a will!
Is this a classic case of another word falling into ‘mis-use’ following its adoption by the IT industry?