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Why is the charge naming convention wrong?

I recently came to know about the Conventional Current vs. Electron Flow issue. Doing some search I found that the reason for this is that Benjamin Franklin made a mistake when naming positive and ...
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What is the difference between conventional current and electronic current?

what is the difference between conventional current and electronic current? How are they linked to one another?
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Direction of current and direction of flow of electrons

My textbook says that the flow of current is from the positive to negative and my notebook say that the flow of electrons is from negative to positive. Why aren't they agreeing on one direction? Who ...
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