RE: opposite of 'assert' -- 'de-assert' OR 'deassert'?

Subject: RE: opposite of 'assert' -- 'de-assert' OR 'deassert'?
From: "Bob Colwell" <bob -dot- colwell -at- comcast -dot- net>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 09:20:36 -0700


Unless the context is in digital system design, where one speaks of
asserting a signal, and then later deasserting it. This particular
idiom is ubiquitous in the computer design field. -BobC

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[mailto:bounce-techwr-l-161096 -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com]On Behalf Of Gene
Kim-Eng
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Subject: Re: opposite of 'assert' -- 'de-assert' OR 'deassert'?



The opposite of "assert" would be "deny."

Gene Kim-Eng


----- Original Message -----
From: <liss_clark -at- yahoo -dot- com>


>
> Hi all,
> Here comes the stupid question... ;)
>
> What is the opposite of 'assert'? Is it 'de-assert' or 'deassert' (no
> hyphen on that one)? I checked several sources online as well as my fat
> dictionary and can't find out.



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