Say It in German: Machine Learning
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das maschinelles Lernen – machine learning
Machine learning is a field in Computer Science that gets computers to act without giving them explicit instructions.
It’s a … Read more
Say It in German: Batch Processing
die Stapelverarbeitung (pl. -en) / die Batchverarbeitung – batch processing
Stapel means “batch” (more on that later).
Any guesses for what Verarbeitung means…?
If you guessed “processing”, then you’d be … Read more
Say It in German: Command Line
IPA: [kɔˈmando|ˈtsaɪ̯lə]
die Kommandozeile (pl. -n) – the command line / the command line interface
It’s another transparent word, made up of Kommando (“command”) and Zeile (“line”).
I’ve decided that … Read more
Say It in German: Undefined
undefiniert – undefined
I use JavaScript and see quite a fair bit of code written in the language at work.
JavaScript functions, by default, return the value undefined.
What … Read more
Say It in German: File Extension
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IPA: [daˈtaɪ̯|ɛɐ̯vaɪ̯təʀʊŋ]
die Dateierweiterung (pl. Dateierweiterungen) / die Dateiendung (pl. Dateiendungen) – the file extension
die Dateinamenserweiterung (pl. Dateinamenserweiterungen) – the filename … Read more
Say It in German: Primitive Data Type
Der Primitive Datentyp (pl. Primitive Datentypen) – the primitive data type
This was also another thing that came up during my discussion with my friend, whom I was giving a … Read more
Say It in German: Variable
IPA: [vaʀiˈaːblə]
die Variable (pl. -n) – variable
Definition from Wiktionary: Bezeichnung eines Speicherplatzes, der verschiedene Werte aufnehmen kann. (Name of a memory location, which can take on different … Read more
Say It in German: No Service
IPA: [kaɪ̯n nɛʦ]
Kein Netz – No network
This is what is shown on my phone when there’s no service.
Literally, it means “no network”, but it could also be … Read more
Say It in German: The Integrated Development Environment
die Integrierte Entwicklungsumgebung – the integrated development environment (IDE)
An IDE is an application that is used during software development. It’s what we write our code in. But far more … Read more
Say It in German: USB Cable
das USB-Kabel (pl. –) – the USB cable
IPA: [uːʔɛsˈbeːˈkaːbl̩]
This is straightforward, because it looks very much like its English counterpart.
I thought of including this as I … Read more