Language problems
Jonathan Bowen
> How do you say/write a one word synonym for "perform a configuration"?
> Is it "configurate" or "configure", my guess is "configure".
> I've tried both the Longmans and Oxford dictionaries, and some
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> Swedish-English and English-Swedish ones, too, but the word
> doesn't seem to exist.
Sorry, but I had to reply to this one. Try the new 1990 8th edition
Concise Oxford Dictionary - this includes the verb "configure" which
you require. They would only invent a word like "configurate" in the
US, but maybe they haven't thought of it yet. :-)
Sorry, but I couldn't resist getting this advert in because I was a
consultant for computing and maths terms for the dictionary - not that
I get a penny in royalties you understand! (This is the first Concise
Oxford Dictionary to be computerized, BTW).
If you want to know about computer-related terms in general, I'm afraid
you will need a fairly up to date dictionary since it is a relatively
new subject.
--
Jonathan Bowen, <Jonatha...@prg.oxford.ac.uk>
Oxford University Computing Laboratory.
Jack Campin
Jonatha...@prg.oxford.ac.uk (Jonathan Bowen) wrote:
> e...@lulea.telesoft.se (Erik Karlsson) writes:
>> How do you say/write a one word synonym for "perform a configuration"? Is
>> it "configurate" or "configure", my guess is "configure". I've tried both
>> Swedish ones, too, but the word doesn't seem to exist.
> Sorry, but I had to reply to this one. Try the new 1990 8th edition
> Concise Oxford Dictionary [...]
Chambers's English Dictionary had both "configurate" and "configure" in its
1906 edition (with associated meaning "to shape"). YAH BOO! SO THERE!
On the other hand, the latest Collins/Robert French-English dictionary
doesn't have either form. What has this word done to offend lexicographers
so badly?
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