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Posts by Konrad Höffner‭

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Q&A "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 ambigi...

0 answers  ·  posted 10y ago by Konrad Höffner‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A 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"...

2 answers  ·  posted 12y ago by Konrad Höffner‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A "In order to" vs "To"

Can I always replace "In order to" with the shorter "To" in scientific writing? Example In order to prevent corrupting the data, regular updates are required. To prevent corrupting the data, reg...

1 answer  ·  posted 10y ago by Konrad Höffner‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭