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Usage and spelling of “wordlength” and “bitbreadth”
As far as I know, these are the meanings:
wordlength — for instance, 4 bytes when the bitbreadth is 32 and 8 bytes when the bitbreadth is 64.
bitbreadth — for example, 32 or 64 or 4 bits for a ...
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“Home page” or “homepage”? [closed]
Is there a convention for the spelling of the name of the main page of a website? Should it be home page, with a space between the two words; or homepage, all one word?
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“Hostname” or “host name”?
When we are talking about computers, I see both hostname and host name being used. Which is more proper? Should I put the space in there?
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Is it “thousands of postmen and women” or “thousands of postmen and -women”?
Is it "thousands of postmen and women" or "thousands of postmen and -women"? Is the use of a hyphen correct in the latter case?
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Difference between “fallback” and “fall back”? [closed]
I am struggling to understand when to use fallback and when fall back (with a space).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallback
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_back_and_forward
Basically I have to ...
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Why is “wavelength” one word when “wave height” isn't?
As another example, wave speed is two words. But wavelength is only one word.
What is the reason for this? In Swedish and other contructs, both words are only one word:
våglängd (wavelength)
våghöjd ...
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“Troubleshooting”, “trouble-shooting”, or “trouble shooting”? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
When is it necessary to use a hyphen in writing a compound word?
To hyphenate or not?
Which versions are correct, "troubleshooting", "trouble-shooting", or "trouble ...
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Timepoint vs. time point
When speaking of a point in time, what would be the proper usage:
"Timepoint" vs. "Time point"?
This funny confusion comes from my life as a programmer: While one of our style checkers enforces ...
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How compound words “eighteen” and “roommate” are built
Why does eighteen not have two tees like roommate has two ems?
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“Username”, “user name” or “user-name”
In computer science, you should have a username or a user name or a user-name and a password to be able to log into the system.
Which one is the correct spelling?
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“Real time”, “real-time” or “realtime”
Which of real time, real-time and realtime is correct when you are talking about seeing something as it happens?
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Is it “front-end”, “frontend”, or “front end”?
Possible Duplicate:
When to use a hyphen in writing a compound word
Which is correct?
front-end engineering
frontend engineering
front end engineering
I looked over ...
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How to write dashes in “a 2-4-room-apartment”?
I want to write in the announcement a description of an eventual apartment, which I am searching as a rental. I am interested in apartments with 2, 3, or 4 rooms. How should I write the compound ...
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Is “webdesigner” a word?
I am a uh, designer of websites, and I would like to use the phrase for my profession correctly. Unfortunately, webdesigner is flagged by Google Chrome's spellchecker as a misspelling, and web ...
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Do any print dictionaries admit “everytime” as a word?
I've noticed a tendency for more and more two-word phrases with even slightly idiomatic usage being written more and more as single word compounds. Today when I came across "everytime" written as a ...
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“Time zone” vs. “Timezone”
My spell checker shows that both "time zone" and "timezone" are correctly spelled. Which one of these is the correct one to use?
