>We use the UK form “factorise” here in place of the US variants “factorize” or “factor” in order to avoid the 40% tariff on the US term
Brilliant.
jfyi
Yeah, they are really on point...
>Similarly, we refer to an abacus as “an abacus” rather than a
digital computer, despite the fact that it relies on digital manipulation to effect its computations.
Brilliant.