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Footprint

Swedish translation: blygsamma minneskrav

13:07 Oct 29, 2001
English to Swedish translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering
English term or phrase: Footprint
"the major strengths of WAP-technology are the low cost, the small footprint and above all the easy accessability for a large number of people"
Erika Lundgren
Local time: 22:18
Swedish translation:blygsamma minneskrav
Explanation:
"small footprint" mirror translated to "blygsamma minneskrav".

Original meaning, related to WAP:

http://www.neuralsolutions.com/DIR0127/neuralsolutions.nsf/8...

memory-constrained devices

http://www.dcpworld.com/help/glossary.asp

devices that have very limited capabilities

http://www.microjava.com/news/press?content_id=1460

a small footprint (starting at 64Kb)
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Sven Petersson
Sweden
Local time: 22:18
Grading comment
Thanks for the help, and with so many links...
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Summary of answers provided
4blygsamma minneskrav
Sven Petersson
2 +1Liten storlek, tar liten plats
Katarina Bovin


  

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32 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
blygsamma minneskrav


Explanation:
"small footprint" mirror translated to "blygsamma minneskrav".

Original meaning, related to WAP:

http://www.neuralsolutions.com/DIR0127/neuralsolutions.nsf/8...

memory-constrained devices

http://www.dcpworld.com/help/glossary.asp

devices that have very limited capabilities

http://www.microjava.com/news/press?content_id=1460

a small footprint (starting at 64Kb)



    My geriatric brain.
Sven Petersson
Sweden
Local time: 22:18
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 14763
Grading comment
Thanks for the help, and with so many links...
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53 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Liten storlek, tar liten plats


Explanation:
Detta hittades i Norstedts stora engelsk-svenska ordbok:
footprint [ˈfʊtprɪnt] s
1 fotspår; fotavtryck
2 landningsområde för rymdfarkost
3 data. [bords]utrymme

Alternativ 3 kanske passar bäst här..

Förklaringen nedan hittades på webben:
Footprint: The absolute amount of area that an inflatable game or any other product needs to have cleared for safe operation

Katarina Bovin
Local time: 22:18
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish
PRO pts in pair: 93

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Sven Petersson: Jo, det var ju den ursprungliga meningen. Om skriftställaren är ännu äldre än jag är så kan du ha rätt.
32 mins

agree  Hans-Bertil Karlsson (X): När man talar om datorer, scannrar, skrivare etc är Footprint alltid den storlek prylen tar på skrivbordet
10 hrs
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