https://hypercrux.com/tags/the-name/ Recent content in The Name on HyperCrux.com Hugo en-us Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://hypercrux.com/how-hypercrux-got-its-name-hyperlinks-hyperspace-and-the-crux/ Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://hypercrux.com/how-hypercrux-got-its-name-hyperlinks-hyperspace-and-the-crux/ <p>HyperCrux is a database where every record has four handles. You can reach it by its key, by SQL, by following its links or by how close its vector is to a question. The name describes the spot where those four meet, and it borrows from two old words to do it.</p> <h2 id="crux">Crux</h2> <p>Crux is Latin for a cross. The constellation of the Southern Cross is officially named Crux, and sailors used it to find south. English borrowed the word for the hardest part of a problem, the point everything turns on: the crux of the matter.</p>