D french-speaking community
Raphaël Jakse
raphael.jakse at gmail.com
Sat Nov 9 11:52:13 PST 2013
Le 09/11/2013 18:59, Ali Çehreli a écrit :
> On 11/09/2013 03:06 AM, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
>
> > Many of the words used in computer science have a meaning
> > outside computer science which existed long before, i.e.
> > stream, thread and so on. When I'm referring to the concept
> > from computer science I'm using the English word and when I
> > refer to the word out side of the computer world I'm using the
> > Swedish word.
>
> The funny thing is, the English words like "slice" and "stream" make
> more sense in Swedish in a technical context because they are detached
> from their actual meanings. That is not the case for most English
> speakers because they can't help but think of a slice of bread, pizza,
> cake, etc., at least initially. :)
I am not alone with my cakes ! :-)
>
> Ali
>
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