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Article #1325Re: Microsoft and obsolescence
From: Barry Margolin
Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1998 00:00
Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1998 00:00
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In article <6vbi51$mqr$1@newnews.nl.uu.net>, Toon Moene <toon@moene.indiv.nluug.nl> wrote: >1de�fault \di-'fo�lt\ n ... >� in default of: in the absence of > >Note: It's a noun, not an adjective, as "the default save format" seems to >imply: That's a neologism from the computer era. I believe the computer term is related to the "in the absence of" phrase. A default is a parameter that's used in absence of an explicit setting. BTW, the online WWWebster Dictionary, operated by Merrian-Webster, adds the following definition: 5 : a selection automatically used by a computer program in the absence of a choice made by the user -- Barry Margolin, barmar@bbnplanet.com GTE Internetworking, Powered by BBN, Burlington, MA *** DON'T SEND TECHNICAL QUESTIONS DIRECTLY TO ME, post them to newsgroups.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: 1103af,4460b3faefba3773 X-Google-Attributes: gid1103af,public X-Google-Thread: f4bda,4460b3faefba3773 X-Google-Attributes: gidf4bda,public X-Google-Thread: 10d8ad,4460b3faefba3773 X-Google-Attributes: gid10d8ad,public X-Google-Thread: fcfb9,942a0596db2b8174 X-Google-Attributes: gidfcfb9,public X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,942a0596db2b8174 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public From: Barry Margolin <barmar@bbnplanet.com> Subject: Re: Microsoft and obsolescence Date: 1998/10/06 Message-ID: <0stS1.44$8A3.788625@burlma1-snr1.gtei.net> X-Deja-AN: 398358480 Distribution: world References: <qj78u6.mf.ln@wog.interlog.com> <MKFG2oHpvKKP092yn@skypoint.com> <36187DBF <6vbi51$mqr$1@newnews.nl.uu.net> X-Trace: burlma1-snr1.gtei.net 907699068 4.2.32.97 (Tue, 06 Oct 1998 18:37:48 GMT) Organization: GTE Internetworking, Cambridge, MA NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1998 18:37:48 GMT Newsgroups: uk.comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss Originator: barmar@bbnplanet.com (Barry Margolin)