Talk:Error-correcting code - Revision history

Vaxorcist at 20:06, 22 August 2022

2022-08-22T20:06:38Z

Jnc: /* Correction/correcting */ It turns out DEC used 'Correcting' initially...

2022-08-22T19:39:15Z

‎Correction/correcting: It turns out DEC used 'Correcting' initially...

Vaxorcist: /* Correction/correcting */

2022-08-22T14:44:53Z

‎Correction/correcting

Jnc: Correction/correcting - which is correct?

2022-08-21T16:10:51Z

Correction/correcting - which is correct?

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==Correction/correcting==

I didn't bother to check before writing this, but now that I do, Web search shows that 'Correction' is more common (~240M hits) than 'Correcting' (~43M hits). I wonder if either is 'technically' 'correct'? [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 18:09, 21 August 2022 (CEST)

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	:: FWIW, Wikipedia uses 'Correction' too. I wonder why I used 'Correcting'? Ah, I see, [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/disc/rp04/DEC11-HRJPA-B-D_RJP04_Disk_Subsystem_Maintenance_Aug74.pdf DEC11-HRJPA-B-D] uses 'Correcting' (1.5.3); so that's probably the form I saw initially. [[User:Jnc\|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc\|talk]]) 21:38, 22 August 2022 (CEST)		:: FWIW, Wikipedia uses 'Correction' too. I wonder why I used 'Correcting'? Ah, I see, [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/disc/rp04/DEC11-HRJPA-B-D_RJP04_Disk_Subsystem_Maintenance_Aug74.pdf DEC11-HRJPA-B-D] uses 'Correcting' (1.5.3); so that's probably the form I saw initially. [[User:Jnc\|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc\|talk]]) 21:38, 22 August 2022 (CEST)
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		+	::: There is more than one example where DEC was not consistent ... [[User:Vaxorcist\|Vaxorcist]] ([[User talk:Vaxorcist\|talk]]) 22:05, 22 August 2022 (CEST)

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	: I think it is "Correction", because the name describes the process ("What does it do?"), and DEC used it that way. [[User:Vaxorcist\|Vaxorcist]] ([[User talk:Vaxorcist\|talk]]) 16:44, 22 August 2022 (CEST)		: I think it is "Correction", because the name describes the process ("What does it do?"), and DEC used it that way. [[User:Vaxorcist\|Vaxorcist]] ([[User talk:Vaxorcist\|talk]]) 16:44, 22 August 2022 (CEST)
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		+	:: FWIW, Wikipedia uses 'Correction' too. I wonder why I used 'Correcting'? Ah, I see, [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/disc/rp04/DEC11-HRJPA-B-D_RJP04_Disk_Subsystem_Maintenance_Aug74.pdf DEC11-HRJPA-B-D] uses 'Correcting' (1.5.3); so that's probably the form I saw initially. [[User:Jnc\|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc\|talk]]) 21:38, 22 August 2022 (CEST)

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	I didn't bother to check before writing this, but now that I do, Web search shows that 'Correction' is more common (~240M hits) than 'Correcting' (~43M hits). I wonder if either is 'technically' 'correct'? [[User:Jnc\|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc\|talk]]) 18:09, 21 August 2022 (CEST)		I didn't bother to check before writing this, but now that I do, Web search shows that 'Correction' is more common (~240M hits) than 'Correcting' (~43M hits). I wonder if either is 'technically' 'correct'? [[User:Jnc\|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc\|talk]]) 18:09, 21 August 2022 (CEST)
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		+	: I think it is "Correction", because the name describes the process ("What does it do?"), and DEC used it that way. [[User:Vaxorcist\|Vaxorcist]] ([[User talk:Vaxorcist\|talk]]) 16:44, 22 August 2022 (CEST)