not like on a pirate ship. like what you should get of yourself.

Dec 11, 2005 22:32

Why does Microsoft Word think "ahold" is not a word?

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robinelaine December 12 2005, 07:22:51 UTC
It's made me crazy for years now that Livejournal thinks dialogue is spelled "dialog."

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techdinghy December 12 2005, 19:05:46 UTC
So, while i guess this is really one of those British vs. American spelling things, when i saw your comment i realized my distinction was computers vs. the real world.

Dialogue: a conversation between two people
Dialog: one of those boxes that pops up and asks you if it's ok or if you want to cancel (for example).

The APIs in windows spell it without the "ue" so programmers are used to seeing it written that way. I googled this a bit and found a few other people thought of this the same way i do.

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robinelaine December 12 2005, 19:17:52 UTC
Smart! What is an API?

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techdinghy December 12 2005, 19:37:59 UTC
API = Application programming interface

Basically it's a set of functions you can call to do things. So when you're writing code you can call the DialogBox() function with parameters describing what you want it to look like and what it should do when you hit the various buttons and Windows will pop it up for you.

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lonelyrobot December 12 2005, 08:19:49 UTC
Also, where do all my pens go? I need to write down something now about robots and I can't find any pens.

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