auskommentieren

English translation: comment out

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German term or phrase:	auskommentieren (computer)
English translation:	comment out

05:52 Nov 1, 2000

German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering

German term or phrase: auskommentieren

In computer manual in the sentence "Vor einem Datenbank Neustart muessen wir die noch nicht existierenden SQL*LIMS Rollback Segmente auskommentieren."

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comment out

Explanation:
In some computer languages, eg DOS, C, Assembler, etc, a line of code can be temporarily prevented from running by turning it into a comment. This is done by (typically) placing a semicolon or the word "COM" or "REM" at the beginning of the line. The parser then assumes that the rest of the line, including the unwanted operator, is a comment, and skips over it.

HTH Iain

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Iain Purvis
United Kingdom
Local time: 10:16

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Summary of answers provided

make excuses for

Mats Wiman

comment out

Iain Purvis

comment out

Roy Fox

uncomment

Lionel Kempf

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18 mins

make excuses for

Explanation:
none

13 years in Germany

Mats Wiman
Sweden
Local time: 11:16
Native speaker of:

Swedish
PRO pts in pair: 1498

1 hr

comment out

Iain Purvis
United Kingdom
Local time: 10:16
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 88

Grading comment

Thanks -- a lot!

1 hr

comment out

Explanation:
German is direct translation of the English.

When programming, you insert some special characters (e.g., "***") before and after a section of the program you want ignored. Useful when you're debugging a program you're writing.

Roy Fox
Austria
Local time: 11:16
PRO pts in pair: 74

1 hr

uncomment

Explanation:
I translated it from english to french a couple of weeks ago

In a scripting, it can be SQL as well as Perl, javscript, etc...
when the script is downloaded, some lines are put between comment signs (it can be !-- --!, # #, or any other according to the scripting language).
The user generally has to adapt the script to his personal use (i.e change some elements in the script), and uncomment some others, which had been put between comment tags for manipulation purposes, so as to make them active.

hope this helps

I'm a web designer/programmer

Lionel Kempf
France
Local time: 11:16
Native speaker of:

French

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