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Questions related to software development.

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Is "a software" really never correct?

Possible Duplicate: Why don't we use the indefinite article with 'software'? In France I have always been told that saying "a software" is not correct English (as a nominal compound), and that "a piece of software" or "a software…
Nicolas Raoul
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Proper call to action text for button: "Request system alert to be closed"

I'm working on an application. Sometimes, when performing certain tasks, something fires an "alert" (a message that something went wrong). The app notifies this and also gives the possibility to request this alert to be closed (they are not simple…
Nahuel
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Need a computer tool to find words with certain patterns of letters

I am trying to decipher some illegible writing by a nurse. For instance, I have a word where I am fairly certain the word starts with an E, ends with an L and contains a T somewhere in the middle. It could be emotional for instance, but I'm not…
IBC
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Is there a word that encompasses the concepts of cursor, caret, and selection?

In the context of computer software -- you can have a "cursor" for a position between two characters of text, or a "selection" for a region of text. Is there a word that means "cursor or selection"? Sort of like a "brother or sister" is a…
William Jockusch
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"Password will expire" versus "Password expires"

Every 30 days Windows prompts me to change my password here at work. And every 30 days I wonder why the folks at Microsoft chose the phrase Your password will expire tomorrow. instead of Your password expires tomorrow. Is one more correct than…
Bob Whitley
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Opposite of "failover"

Our software "knows" to migrate itself to spare hardware in case the main hardware is damaged. The process of such a migration is called failover. When the main hardware is repaired the software can migrate itself back to it. How would you call such…
LiMar
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Can we say "It is lagging hard" when software does not work well at all?

Can we say "It is lagging hard" when some software doesn't work well at all? I know other synonyms like: "It's glitchy" "It's buggy"
Ilya Kushlianski
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Can we say "It works rough" if software is not working properly?

Can we say "It works rough" if a demoed piece of software is in active development and may contain bugs thus still not working properly? I heard something like that from my PM (native English speaker), but not sure if I heard or understood…
Ilya Kushlianski
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Word for working with templates in a software setting

I am looking for a word for the concept of using a template in a software setting, in order to be able to edit e.g. multiple powerpoint slides with the same element in one place as opposed to editing it on one slide only. Another example would be…
Toivo Säwén
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Dispatch jobs TO or FOR automatic risk assessment?

Do I need to Dispatch jobs TO automatic risk assessment or Dispatch jobs FOR automatic risk assessment UPD Dispatching a job is a correct way to say it. It's from software development :)
Denis Riabiy
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How to describe "thread safety" in the context of child processes?

I'm writing a software application that spawns several child processes in order to process tasks concurrently. Each child process has access to shared data structures, and it is very important that the processes don't interfere with each other when…
todofixthis
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Possibility vs Feature

Is it ok to use the word Possibility when referring to features of a software application? As in this example: "In this release, we have added a possibility to display some data..."
PassingBy
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How do I describe a hierarchical relationship between software objects?

I'm trying to express a particular relationship between two software resources. The relationship is such that one of the resources is the "main" or "original" one and is required before the system can create the other resource. For example, the…
jmach
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Language settings description

I need a short description for some language settings in an app. You can set a text field behavior to support Latin characters (read left to right), Arabic and other languages that read right to left and languages like Greek that read left to…
Tom
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