Timeline for Can "runtime" be used for something outside a computer programming context?
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| May 18, 2017 at 8:51 | comment | added | michael.hor257k | Yes, I think project lifetime would be understood and quite idiomatic - and there are 8,790 Google Books results to support this. But "the course of the project" would be more idiomatic (1,880,000 results). | |
| May 18, 2017 at 7:16 | comment | added | Christian Geiselmann | @Michael: oh, thanks, I think now I do understand your underlying concept. Yes, seen in this light, my projects do not have "on" mode and "off" mode. Like a human being: true it "starts" at a moment and "ends" at a moment, but you cannot switch it on and off ad libitum (so far, at least). Which inspires the next question: may I speak of a project lifetime? | |
| May 17, 2017 at 21:44 | comment | added | Baiwir | As matter of joke I think you can use runtime. Don't forget to precise we are not machines. | |
| May 17, 2017 at 20:34 | comment | added | michael.hor257k | Well, it depends on the nature of your project. I was going to say you must have some kind of an engine running in order to have a runtime, but a theatre rehearsal qualifies too in my book. So let me say you must have something that has a distinct ON mode. I cannot come up with an example of a long-term project of such nature. A military operation - perhaps. But you wouldn't say "during the runtime of the Six-Day War". | |
| May 17, 2017 at 20:14 | comment | added | Christian Geiselmann | @Michael, regarding constantly occupied corridors in my hypothetical project: if people are working in shifts, why not? | |
| May 17, 2017 at 20:05 | comment | added | fixer1234 | You can probably even use it to refer to how long it takes someone to complete a marathon. | |
| May 17, 2017 at 19:25 | comment | added | michael.hor257k | @ChristianGeiselmann Are people rushing through the corridors constantly, day and night, for two months? | |
| May 17, 2017 at 19:20 | comment | added | Swift | @michael.hor257k You can if that's a project , that is ran by my company. I see your point there, but it can be metaphorical perhaps. | |
| May 17, 2017 at 19:19 | comment | added | Christian Geiselmann | Michael: thanks. However, I somehow have a problem understanding your logic. Okay, I cannot "hear" a project running, but likewise I cannot hear a computer programme running; and if we look at secondary indicators, yes, I can see e.g. characters dancing on the computer screen, but I also can see people rushing through the corridors working on my project; so again, using your logic I could use "runtime" for my project anyway. Likewise, a project can be started, be stopped and be restarted. Or is my thinking twisted? - Anyway, a clear "No, not suitable for projects" would suffice. | |
| May 17, 2017 at 18:56 | comment | added | michael.hor257k | You can use "runtime" in the context of anything that starts to run, runs and stops running - such as a computer program being executed or a film being screened. These terms are not applicable to a project (you cannot put your ear next to a project and say "I hear it running now"). | |
| May 17, 2017 at 18:56 | answer | added | Davo | timeline score: 4 | |
| May 17, 2017 at 18:34 | history | asked | Christian Geiselmann | CC BY-SA 3.0 |