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- The name "Ardour" came from considerations of how to pronounce the acronym - HDR. The most obvious attempt sounds - like a vowelless "harder" and it then was then a short step to an unrelated - but slightly homophonic word: + The name "Ardour" came from considerations of how to pronounce the + acronym HDR. The most obvious attempt + sounds like a vowel-less "harder" and it was then a short step to an + unrelated but slightly homophonic word:

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- ardour n 1: a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of - a person or cause); "they were imbued with a revolutionary ardor"; "he - felt a kind of religious zeal" [syn: ardor, elan, zeal]
- 2: intense feeling of love [syn: ardor]
- 3: feelings of great warmth and intensity; "he spoke with great ardor" - [syn: ardor, fervor, fervour, fervency, fire, fervidness] -

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+ ardour n 1: a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in + favor of a person or cause); "they were imbued with a revolutionary ardor"; + "he felt a kind of religious zeal" [syn: ardor, elan, zeal]
+ 2: intense feeling of love [syn: ardor]
+ 3: feelings of great warmth and intensity; "he spoke with great ardor" [syn: + ardor, fervor, fervour, fervency, fire, fervidness] +

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- Given the work required to develop Ardour, and the personality of its - primary author, the name seemed appropriate even without the vague - relationship to HDR. + Given the work required to develop Ardour, and the personality of its primary + author, the name seemed appropriate even without the vague relationship to + HDR.

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- Years later, another interpretation of "Ardour" appeared, this time based - on listening to non-native English speakers attempt to pronounce the word. + Years later, another interpretation of "Ardour" appeared, this time based on + listening to non-native English speakers attempt to pronounce the word. Rather than "Ardour", it became "Our DAW", which seemed poetically fitting for a Digital Audio Workstation whose source code and design belongs to a group of collaborators.