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It is probably because you seem to be unaware of rolodexes, which is what everyone used to manage contacts before computers, and the source for all the "dex" naming trends: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolodex



I was born in the early 80s, can confirm, am aware of a Rolodex :)




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