RE: Computer Forensics is a misnoner

[Murad Talukdar <talukdar_m () subway com>]

I second that--Computer Science is the science of computers ergo, Computer
Forensics would be grammatically correct. Though it could be argued that the
'computer' in the phrase is an attributive noun rather than an adjective.
(It acts as if it were a noun--same as Life Science etc).
I wholly accede to Craig's point that it is a misnomer, however, as it
doesn't mean what most people think it does.



Regards
Murad Talukdar

-----Original Message-----
From: phelbrg420 () msn com [mailto:phelbrg420 () msn com] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 9:32 AM
To: security-basics () securityfocus com
Subject: Re: Computer Forensics is a misnoner

first of all, it's misnomer, and grammar is spelled with an "a" not an "e."
Computer can be an adjective when it is used to modify a noun, such as
forensics.

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