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Giant panda

First in use: ancient / pre-modern
Duplicate · right

Pandas (software)

First in use: c. 2008

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Bamboo-eating bear vs. DataFrames.

Which meaning of Pandas is the original, and which one is the duplicate riding on its name? Giant panda came first (ancient / pre-modern). Pandas (software) arrived in 2008. The data below shows which one owns the word now.

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Original · ancient / pre-modern

Giant panda

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Duplicate · c. 2008

Pandas (software)

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