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[[File:Alice and bob.jpg|frame|[[Alice in Wonderland|Alice]] [[Intercontinuity Crossover|and]] [[Twin Peaks|Bob]].]] |
[[File:Alice and bob.jpg|frame|[[Alice in Wonderland|Alice]] [[Intercontinuity Crossover|and]] [[Twin Peaks|Bob]].<ref>cartoon by John Richardson in ''Physics World'', March 1998</ref>]] |
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When the interaction between two hypothetical characters is needed to explain or describe some system, they are nearly always called [[Alice Allusion|Alice]] and [[Everything's Better with Bob|Bob]]. '''Alice and Bob''' - A and B. This duo originally started out in 1978 as a standardized way to explain cryptography. Over time, this [[Metasyntactic Variable]] duo has been adopted in explanations of mathematics, physics, quantum effects, and other arcane places, but have also been seen in fiction. They are also found in a surprising number of trope definitions. |
When the interaction between two hypothetical characters is needed to explain or describe some system, they are nearly always called [[Alice Allusion|Alice]] and [[Everything's Better with Bob|Bob]]. '''Alice and Bob''' - A and B. This duo originally started out in 1978 as a standardized way to explain cryptography. Over time, this [[Metasyntactic Variable]] duo has been adopted in explanations of mathematics, physics, quantum effects, and other arcane places, but have also been seen in fiction. They are also found in a surprising number of trope definitions. |
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