From: alan@dragon.acadiau.ca (Alan W. McKay)
Subject: Computer Terms (follow-up)
Organization: Acadia University
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 13:47:24 GMT

I had a number of requests to post a followup to my request for German
computer terms.  I got a quite a few replies, several of which were very
complete.  Thanks very much to the people who took the time to reply.
I've edited the lists in some cases, but I've made no attempt to merge
the various lists, since I don't have the time right now.  I hope you
can understand the convention used for plurals in the various lists.
I was able to understand it, so I won't explain anything.  Each list is
separated by 3 lines of "=====".
		-Alan

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hartmann@mdd.comm.mot.com

  You might want to invest in a technical dictionary.  I bought one published
by Brandstetter (Brinkmann) titled Data Systems and Communications Dictionary.
It is fairly good, and up to date.  I bought here mail order, but I have also
seen it in Germany in bookstores(If you can buy it in Germany - it is cheaper
that way).


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oli@math.rwth-aachen.de

Star indicates that the english word can be used, too. English expressions
will always be understood, but are very uncommon sometimes. 

*>computer		Der Computer (auch: der Rechner)
*>disk drive		Das Diskettenlaufwerk
*>hard disk		Die Festplatte
*>floppy disk		Die Diskette
*>CPU			Die CPU (die Zentraleinheit, der Zentralprozessor)
*>co-processor		Der Koprozessor
>graphics processor	Der Grafikprozessor
>keyboard		Die Tastatur
*>monitor		Der Monitor
*>hardware		Die Hardware
*>software		Die Software
>program		Das Programm
>to program		programmieren
>programmer		Der Programmierer
*>(Unix) systems administrator	Der Systemverwalter, Der Systemadministrator
>object oriented programming	objektorientiertes Programmieren
>mouse			Die Maus (german name for same rodent :-))
*>GUI			(Das) GUI, die grafische Benutzerschnittstelle
*>window (das Fenster?)	Das Fenster
>telecommunications	Die Telekommunikation, die Datenfernuebertragung
*>compiler (to compile) Der Compiler, kompilieren
*>assembler (to assemble)	Der Assembler, assemblieren
*>linker (to link)	Der Linker, linken
*>loader (to load)	Der Lader, laden
*>bit			Das Bit
*>byte			Das Byte
*>Kilobyte		Das Kilobyte
*>Megabyte		Das Megabyte
*>Gigabyte		Das Gigabyte
*>motherboard		Das Motherboard, die Hauptplatine
*>modem			Das Modem (oder der Modem, noch nicht ganz klar)
>serial port		Die serielle Schnittstelle
>parallel port		Die parallele Schnittstelle
*>printer		Der Drucker
>laser printer		Der Laserdrucker
>dot matrix printer	Der Matrixdrucker
>9 pin printer		Der Neunnadeldrucker
>24 pin printer		Der 24-Nadeldrucker
>ion printer		<don't know this sort of device>
>ink-jet printer	Der Tintenstrahldrucker
*>printer port		Die Druckerschnittstelle
*>joystick		Der Joystick
*>workstation 		Die Workstation
*>RISC			RISC
*>CISC			CISC
>clockspeed		Der Systemtakt
*>25 Megaherz		25 Megahertz
>40 meg hard disk with 18 ms average seek time
			40 MB Festplatte mit 18ms mittlerer Zugriffszeit
*>cache			Der Cache
*>buffer		Der Puffer
>print buffer		Der Druckpuffer (Druckerpuffer)
>to digitize		digitalisierern
*>electronic mail 	Die Email

Heute hack ich, morgen crack ich, uebermorgen hol ich mir dem SysOp sein Login.
Ach wie gut dass niemand weiss, dass ich oli@math.rwth-aachen.de heiss.

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smk@dcs.ed.ac.uk

English			German			German, plural (if different)
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computer		der Computer
			der Rechner	
disk drive		das Laufwerk		Laufwerke
hard disk		die Festplatte		Festplatten
floppy disk		die Diskette		Disketten
keyboard		die Tastatur		Tastaturen
			das Keyboard		---
monitor			der Bildschirm		Bildschirme
			("Bildschirm" is only the technical device,
                         i.e. the language construct monitor remains
			untranslated.)
program			das Programm		Programme
to program		programmieren
programmer		der Programmierer	Programmierer (male)
			die Programmiererin	Programmiererinnen (female)
			die ProgrammiererIn     ProgrammiererInnen (pol. correct)
systems administrator	der Systemverwalter	Systemverwalter (male), etc.
mouse			die Maus		Maeuse
			(the animal _and_ the device)
window			das Fenster
			(on your wall _and_ on your screen)
compiler		der Compiler
			(less often: der Uebersetzer)
to compile		uebersetzen, compilieren
assembler		der Assembler
to assemble		assemblieren (familiar: assembeln)
linker			der Linker
			(officially: "der Binder", but hardly anybody
			uses it.)
to link			linken, binden
			("linken" might be a little bit familiar, as
			it has also the slang meaning "to fool <somebody>")
loader			der Lader, der Loader
to load			laden
motherboard		[I must admit, I don't know that one.]
printer			der Drucker
laser printer		der Laserdrucker
pin printer		der Nadeldrucker
ion printer		[I don't know that one.]
ink-jet printer		der Tintenstrahldrucker
workstation		der Arbeitsplatzrechner	
			(officially, but most people use the english
			term and add article "die")
Megaherz		das Megahertz :-)
			(pronunciation is German)
buffer			der Puffer		Puffer
			(just "buffer" is fine too)
to digitize		digitalisieren (not very common)

---------------------------- others -----------------------------------

stack			der Stack, der Keller, der Stapel
			("Keller" is official, but most people don't
			like it.)
queue			die Schlange
process			der Prozess (ss=\ss{})
			(German pronunciation)
key			die Taste (part of a keyboard)		Tasten
			der Schluessel (for your door, for your	database)
database		die Datenbank
operating system	das Betriebssystem
loop			die Schleife
array			das Feld				Felder
record			der Verbund (the type construct)	Verbunde
                        der Datensatz (the file component)	Datensaetze
			(just say "record")
variable		die Variable				Variablen
			(German pronunciation!)
constant		die Konstante				Konstanten
pointer			der Zeiger, der Pointer
address			die Adresse				Adressen
			(note the missing "d")
to address		adressieren
to allocate		allokieren
to free			freigeben
memory			der Speicher
file			die Datei				Dateien
			(or just "File"; BTW people still argue
                        whether it should be "das" or "der" "File")
to execute (a program)	(ein Programm) ausfuehren
			[don't use "exekutieren" -- that means "kill"]
state			der Zustand				Zustaende
run time		die Laufzeit
run time error		der Laufzeitfehler
to crash		abstuerzen
(intrans.)
to call (a procedure)	aufrufen

----------------------- some characters --------------------------------------

!	das Ausfrufezeichen
@	der Klammeraffe (slang)
#	der Gartenzaun (slang)
$	der Dollar
%	das Prozent
^	das Dach
&	das kaufmaennische Und (too long to be popular)
*       der Stern
(	die oeffnende Klammer, Klammer-auf
)	die schliessende Klammer, Klammer-zu
[]{}	eckige Klammern, geschweifte Klammern
-       das Minus (hyphen=Bindestrich)
+	das Plus (Plus, Minus: German pronunciation)
'       das Hochkomma
"       das Gaensefuesschen (ae=\"a, ue=\"u, ss=\ss)
:       der Doppelpunkt
;       das Semikolon
<	kleiner
>	groesser
        (for a use like <name>, < and > would be "spitze Klammern")
=	gleich, das Gleichheitszeichen
?	das Fragezeichen
~	die Tilde, die Wellenlinie
.	der Punkt
,	das Komma
space	das Leerzeichen (the key is called "Leertaste")
/	der Schraegstrich ("slash" is more popular)
\       I forgot this one, it was something like "der Rueckschraeger".  But use
        "der Backslash" when you want to be understood.

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arens@coli.uni-sb.de

/d = use german pronouncation
/e =     english
/g =     german or english
/d! = never use english p.
/e! = never     german

computer				Computer/g
disk drive				(Disketten-)Laufwerk/d
					Floppy(-Laufwerk)/d
hard disk				Festplatte/d, Harddisk/g
floppy disk				Diskette, Disk/d, Floppy/d
CPU					CPU/d!
					in _very_ _old_ books: Zentraleinheit (do not use it)
co-processor				Co-Prozessor/g
graphics processor			Graphik-Prozessor/g
keyboard				Tastatur, Keyboard/g
monitor					Monitor/d!
hardware				Hardware/g
software				Software/g 
		(oft heard wrong plural: Software-Programme, do not use it)
program					Programm/d!
to program				programmieren/d!
programmer				Programmierer/d! 
					(Software-Entwickler :-)
(Unix) systems administrator		System-Administrator/g
object oriented programming		OOP/d
					objekt-orientiertes Programmieren/d!
mouse					Maus/d!
GUI					GUI/g
		(grafisches Nutzerinterface/d, graphische Nutzerschnittstelle)
window					Window/g 
		(a house has a Fenster, but never a computer) 
telecommunications			Telekommunikation/d
compiler (to compile)			Compiler/g (kompilieren/d)
assembler (to assemble)			Assembler/g (assemblieren/d)
linker (to link)			Linker/g
					in very old books: Binder (do not use)
loader (to load)			(not sure about it) (laden/d!)
bit					bit, Bit/g
byte					byte, Byte/g
Kilobyte				Kilobyte/g, KByte/d
Megabyte				Megabyte/g, MByte/d
Gigabyte				Gigabyte/g, GByte/d
motherboard				Motherboard/e, Hauptplatine
modem					Modem/d! (das Modem of der Modem)
serial port				serieller Port, serielle Schnittstelle 
parallel port				paraller Port, parallele Schnitstelle
printer					Printer/g, Drucker
laser printer				Laserdrucker/d
dot matrix printer			Nadeldrucker/d! (ever use german term!)
9 pin printer				9-Nadeldrucker
24 pin printer				24-Nadeldrucker
ink-jet printer				Tintenstrahldrucker/d! (ever german)
printer port				Druckerschnittstelle
joystick				Joystick/g
workstation				Workstation/g
RISC					RISC/g
CISC					CISC/g
clockspeed				Taktfrequenz
25 Megaherz				25 Megahertz/d
40 meg hard disk with 
18 ms average seek time			40M Festplatte mit 18ms Zugriffszeit
cache					Cache/e!
buffer					Buffer/e, old: Puffer
print buffer				Drucker-Buffer
to digitize		(to digitalize??? -> digitalisieren, to digitize -> ???)
electronic mail				Email, Mail, email, mail
					elektronische Post

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stoesser@ira.uka.de

You'll be glad to hear that most of thes words (CS terminology) is _not_
translated at all. Most of the time you simply have to capitalize the first
letter to get the noun.  [ Alan here, note that in this list, such words
were not entirely rewritten, just the capital letter and a period were
written, indicating that the spelling is the same as in English ]

computer			der/die C., selten: der/die Rechner
disk drive			das/die Diskettenlaufwerk[e]
hard disk			Die H. D.[s]
floppy disk			die Diskette[n], auch: die F. D.[s]
CPU				die CPU[s] 
co-processor			der/die Koprozessor[en]
graphics processor		der/die Graphikprozessor[en]
keyboard			die Tastatur[en]
monitor				der/die M.[e], auch der/die Bildschirm[e]
hardware			die H.
software			die S.
program				das/die Programm[e]
to program			programmieren
programmer			der/die Programmierer, die Programmiererin[nen]
(Unix) systems administrator	der/die U. S. A., 
				auch der/die U. Systemverwalter
object oriented programming	objektorientierte Programmierung
mouse				Maus
GUI
window				das/die Window[s], selten: das/die Fenster
telecommunications		die Telekomunikation
compiler (to compile)		der/die C. (compilieren)
assembler (to assemble)		der/die A. (assemblieren)
linker (to link)		der/die L. (linken)
loader (to load)		der/die Lader (laden)
bit				das/die B.[s]
byte				das/die B.[s]
Kilobyte			das/die B.[s]
Megabyte			das/die MB.[s]
Gigabyte			das/die GB.[s]
motherboard			das/die M.[s]
modem				das/die M.[s]
serial port			der/die serielle[n] P.[s]
parallel port			der/die paralle[n] P.[s]
printer				der/die Drucker, selten: der/die P.
laser printer			der/die Laserdrucker, auch: der/die L.P.
dot matrix printer		der/die Punktmatrixdrucker
9 pin printer			der/die Neunnadeldrucker
24 pin printer			der/die Vierundzwanzignadeldrucker
ion printer
ink-jet printer			der/die Tintenstrahldrucker
printer port			der/die P.P[s]
joystick			der/die J.[s]
workstation			der/die W.[s]
				selten: der/die Arbeitsplatzrechner
RISC				RISC
CISC				CISC

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