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German term

Elisa Capelão (X)

295 questions

Reiter Parameter

German to English Tech/Engineering

any ideas as to what this means?
context: rauchanlagen mit computersteuerung

1111- Aufzeichnung für Wartung
2222- Reglerversion
3333- Aufzeichnung für Qualitätssicherung
4444-Parameter kopieren
5555- Störmeldungen
6666-(siehe Einstellungen im Reiter 'Parameter')
7777- Interner Weiterleitung
etc, etc

unfortunatly all I have is a list of functions and errors...

Thanks you very much for any help!

Proposed translations (English)

5 +7	‘parameter’ tab	Tom Funke
5	index heading "Parameter"	Daniela Mühling

Proposed translations

20 mins

Tom Funke

1485 answers

Native in English

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‘parameter’ tab

‘parameter’ tab

Reiter (auch:) tab (panel of a tab dialog box)
(Brandstetter, W. der Daten- und Kommunikationstechnik, ISBN 3 87097 181 9)

You know, those rectangular fields (at the top of certain windows, similar to tabs on cardboard file folders) that display subject names or filenames you can click on to select.

All the best Tom

Reference:

see above

Peer comment(s):

agree	Ulrike Lieder (X) : That's it exactly! 12 mins
agree	cochrum 1 hr
agree	Sven Petersson 2 hrs
agree	Hans-Henning Judek : Yes Tom, Reiter is from the good old filing cabinet times.... (wasn't that tough, then) 3 hrs
agree	Mary Worby : Yes ... could also be 'Parameters' tab ... there's likely to be more than one! 3 hrs
agree	athena22 4 hrs
agree	AngieD : Yes but like Mary I think "Parameters" might be better 5 hrs

4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "My sincere thanks to both colleagues for your prompt help once again!"

11 mins

Daniela Mühling

Spain

112 answers

index heading "Parameter"

A Reiter is a tab. The index section of the reference manual may be tabbed for ease of use.

Glossary entry (derived from question below)

German term or phrase:

Reiter 'Parameter'

English translation:

'parameter' tab