List of archaic technological nomenclature

Such archaism is inevitable where continual re-invention and discovery makes technical concepts, names and descriptions redundant.

As technology evolves, new names are required to describe the products, services, processes, methods, and devices invented.

Often, the first names and phrases brought into use by are by the inventor(s), by journalists covering the development, and marketers trying to sell the services and products.

In the history of science, forms of words are often coined to describe newly observed phenomena.

In most cases, the original forms of words then become archaic and fall into disuse, with notable exceptions.