From: peterk@public.sub.org (Peter Kittel)
Subject: Re: Need translation: computer terms
Organization: Public News & Mailserver, Commodore Germany PM UNIX, Frankfurt
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 92 13:38:18 GMT

alan@dragon.acadiau.ca (Alan W. McKay) writes:

>(maybe someone has a soft-copy of a CS dictionary they could give me)

Yes, I have done a computer dictionary myself, but funnily, nearly no of
these terms appears there. Probably because they should be found in any
normal dictionary today, I thought. (I obviously was wrong.) Ok:

>computer --> Computer
>disk drive --> Disk-Laufwerk (we here at C= take "Disk" as the general
                               word for Disketten (Floppies), Festplatten
                               (hard disks), etc.)
>hard disk --> Festplatte
>floppy disk --> Diskette
>CPU --> CPU (leave it but explain it on first occurence)
>co-processor --> Coprozessor
>graphics processor --> Grafik-Coprozessor
>keyboard --> Tastatur
>monitor --> Monitor
>hardware --> Hardware (it's *very* close to existing german words like
                        "harte Ware", so it doesn't need translation)
>software --> Software (we know "Soft-Eis" (soft ice), you know? :-)
>program --> Programm
>to program --> programmieren
>programmer --> Programmierer
>(Unix) systems administrator --> (UNIX-)Systemadministrator
>object oriented programming --> objektorientiertes Programmieren
>mouse --> Maus
>GUI --> grafische Benutzeroberflaeche
>window (das Fenster?) yes
>telecommunications --> Telekommunikation
>compiler (to compile) --> Compiler (compilieren)
>assembler (to assemble) --> Assembler (assemblieren)
>linker (to link) --> Linker (linken)
>loader (to load) --> Lader (laden)
>bit --> Bit
>byte --> Byte
>Kilobyte --> Kilobyte (KB, note: in kHz you *must* use a lowercase k like
                            for km, but here an uppercase one, because it
                            stands for 1024, not 1000)
>Megabyte --> Megabyte (MB)
>Gigabyte --> Gigabyte (GB)
>motherboard --> Hauptplatine
>modem --> Modem
>serial port --> serieller Anschluss  (sharp s at end)
>parallel port --> paralleler Anschluss  ( -"-)
>printer --> Drucker
>laser printer --> Laserdrucker
>dot matrix printer --> Matrixdrucker
>9 pin printer --> 9-Nadel-Drucker
>24 pin printer --> 24-Nadel-Drucker
>ion printer --> (never heard?) Ionen-Drucker (???)
>ink-jet printer --> Tintenstrahldrucker
>printer port --> Druckeranschluss
>joystick --> Joystick
>workstation --> Arbeitsplatzrechner (or also Workstation)
>RISC --> RISC
>CISC --> CISC
>clockspeed --> Taktfrequenz
>25 Megaherz --> 25 Megahertz
>40 meg hard disk with 18 ms average seek time 40-Megabyte-Festplatte mit
                       18 ms durchschnittlicher Zugriffszeit
>cache --> Cache
>buffer --> Puffer(speicher)
>print buffer --> Druckerpuffer
>to digitize --> digitalisieren
>electronic mail --> don't really know, always use english term,
                     perhaps "elektronische Post" (auweia)

>and so on ... --> usw.   :-)))

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