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According to Ken Thompson, one of the first people to use the term in a book, it's related to the term "salting a mine", referring to gold mines. Whether that is "correct" or not who knows? I doubt there's an actual correct answer to this, it's just one of those terms that doesn't really have to have a reason as long as what it means is understood.
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