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| Thread ID: 60048 | 2005-07-20 23:36:00 | I've been meaning to ask........... | Billy T (70) | PC World Chat |
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| 373978 | 2005-07-20 23:36:00 | What the heck does "automatically parse links in text" mean? It's down there under "Additional Options" when you open the "Post New Thread" box and it is automatically ticked. I know what parse means in normal grammatical terms, but it seems to have a different flavour in the computing world. Cheers Billy 8-{) :confused: |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 373979 | 2005-07-20 23:41:00 | I think it will turn off the link, lets see: www.silvertech.co.nz |
Rob99 (151) | ||
| 373980 | 2005-07-20 23:41:00 | And back on like the default www.silvertech.co.nz |
Rob99 (151) | ||
| 373981 | 2005-07-20 23:42:00 | Does it mean automatically getting a link properly formatted like thishttp://pressf1.pcworld.co.nz/showthread.php?t=60048 | Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 373982 | 2005-07-20 23:42:00 | Yep I was right :thumbs: | Rob99 (151) | ||
| 373983 | 2005-07-21 01:45:00 | [QUOTE=Billy T] . . . I know what parse means in normal grammatical terms, but it seems to have a different flavour in the computing world . [QUOTE] Parse does has the same meaning in computing . It's what the first phase of a compiler does . In that context I would say it does a syntactical analysis of a link, and if it is well formed, goes one step further and makes it into an "executable" link . Many terms which have well-defined meanings in other foelds have been given degenerate alternative meanings in computing . One I dislike is "form factor" . That's got a meaning in physics . In computing it seems to mean "size" . Why the hell can't they just use "size"? A factor is a ratio or "something you multiply by" to get an answer . The form factor of a sine wave differs from that of a square wave . |
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