Syringes vs. SQL injection.
Which meaning of Inject is the original, and which one is the duplicate riding on its name? Injection (medicine) came first (the 1600s). Code injection arrived in 1998. The data below shows which one owns the word now.
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Injection (medicine)Code injection
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Original · the 1600s
Injection (medicine)
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Duplicate · c. 1998
Code injection
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