DUC[KT] tape

From	Lars Poulsen <lars@beagle-ears.com>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	DUC[KT] tape
Date	2026-01-02 14:48 +0000
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> On 1/1/26 09:50, Mike Scott wrote:
>> https://www.ducktape.co.uk/

On 2026-01-02, c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> wrote:
>    Yep, originally "Duck" ... then later, likely
>    for brand-name legal reasons, oft said "Duct".
>
>    It IS good for 'ducts' too.

My nieces in Denmark call it Gaffer tape.

My understanding is that it was developed for sealing ammunition
canisters in WW2, and the grunts called it duck tape.

Forced air heating with ducts that needed sealing were not common until
later.

-- 
Lars Poulsen - an old geek in Santa Barbara, California

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