Activity for Konrad Höffner
| Type | On... | Excerpt | Status | Date |
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| Edit | Post #10308 | Initial revision | — | over 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #10024 | Initial revision | — | over 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #6260 | Initial revision | — | over 4 years ago |
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"In order to" vs "To" Can I always replace "In order to" with the shorter "To" in scientific writing? Example 1. In order to prevent corrupting the data, regular updates are required. 2. To prevent corrupting the data, regular updates are required. (more) |
— | about 10 years ago |
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"Performance" to indicate speed ambigous? I am writing about algorithms in a paper and I wonder how to best express increasing the speed of an algorithm. Is it clear when I write "The performance increased by doing X" or can this be ambigious, as performance can also be measured in the quality of the output? "The algorithm has been sped up" ... (more) |
— | about 10 years ago |
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What is the word for the action of selecting an item by a mouse? I am writing a tutorial on how to use a specific web application and I don't know which verbs to use. Shall I use "click" for buttons? But what if the user doesn't use a mouse? Contrary to "normal" applications, web applications can be visited by many different clients, e.g. PCs, Smartphones with Tou... (more) |
— | over 11 years ago |