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		UncleSlacky 6 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: It's a DE9, not a DB9 (but we know what you mean) "(The/an) alternate" is probably the ahem _alternative_ term you're looking for...

aleph_minus_one 6 months ago [–]

I am not a native English speaker, so I honestly was not aware of this English word.

Addendum: nevertheless: "alternate" is also derived fron "alter, altera, alterum" (the other one), so my point above still holds.

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