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prealarm/postalarm

Swedish translation: prelarm/postlarm

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English term or phrase:	prealarm/postalarm
Swedish translation:	prelarm/postlarm
Entered by:	Sven Petersson

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08:01 May 4, 2005

English to Swedish translations [PRO]
Cinema, Film, TV, Drama

English term or phrase: prealarm/postalarm

I ett lokaliseringsprojekt för videoprogramvara. Pre- och postalarm verkar vara ett buffertminne som sparar bilder från strax före och strax efter ett larm. Jag ser att det ibland används på engelska, men finns det någon bra svensk term för det här?

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prealarm/postalarm

Explanation:
"Alarm" is a valid Swedish word (SAOL). The prefixes "pre-" and "post-" are of Latin origin, but they were acceped as part of the Swedish language several hundred years ago. Thus .....