maintient en chauffe
English translation: Common grammatical mistake
| 21:19 Apr 22, 2005 |
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| 4 +1 | Common grammatical mistake |
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| 5 | ready / standby / idle / ... |
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peer agreement (net): +1Common grammatical mistake Explanation: It's amazing (sic?)the number of supposedly intelligent, educated folk who cannot write their own language. I know the pronuciation of "(le) maintien" and "(il) maintient" is the same, but many people don't realize they are spelt differently. Yes, basically it's just keeping the circuits warm, but there has to be a techy term for it, maybe just "hot" as in the "hot boot" you have to do on your PC every time the screen goes blue! Unless it actually DOES mean having heating elements among the circuitry ... |
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ready / standby / idle / ... Explanation: Remember tube radios and TV's? It wasn't just a matter of warming up the tubes, it was also a matter of building up the charge in certain parts of the circuit. In the case of the TV, it takes quite a bit of voltage to get the electrons from the back of the picture tube to the front (so you can see it). That voltage (in the thousands of volts) need to be built up. Radio crystals (the kind used by radio stations to set the broadcast frequency) have to be kept at a certain temperature. If the crystal is cold, the radio station will not transmit at the correct frequency. Warming up the crystal is a matter of minutes. Laser printer drums have to warm up to operate (they bake the ink onto the paper), etc. ad nauseam. Warming up the drum takes a second or two. That's the way the world works! You can't jump if your knees are not bent. Keep your knees bent, you are keeping them "en chauffe" to jump. When I used to work in photolabs, the densitometers had to be on for at least 24 hours to be considered reliable (the light amplification circuits were very very sensitive). Fluorescent lights for enlargers have heaters built in to avoid the small delay that occurs when turning on a cold fluorescent light. Same thing for the circuit (the software module, whatever). Keeping it warm, charged up, keeps it instantly ready to do what its gotta do. Suggestions: If the unit is constantly in this "en chauffe" mode when not being used (my densitometer example), then perhaps "standby"--for example, on a switch, "On" (working), "Standby" (some circuits are charged so you don't have to wait two minutes), "Off" (no power anywhere). "Idle" (like a motor) when the circuit is (constantly) doing something while the circuit is in a ready state (like checking resetting a clock or counter) HTH P |
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