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I have had to deal with that recently. I am part of a semi-mature
fabless semiconductor start-up--meaning I document microchips and
related software and I work almost alone.
In the technical sense, I have chosen to try and enforce "de-assert"
as the standard, partly because I want to stress that a signal that
was being asserted up to that point is changing state--as opposed to
just going to a certain state.
In any other context, I would not accept "deassert" as a real word. [Yet.:D]
Though something like "when you the Reset pin is set, the Signal pin
stomps off in a huff" is definitely something I might try in a
document some time.
S
On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 10:26:48 -0600, liss_clark -at- yahoo -dot- com
<liss_clark -at- yahoo -dot- com> wrote:
>
> Just fyi, it has to do with a specific hardware issue related to a chip.
>
> Here's an example from a Motorola data sheet I found on the web:
> Any General-Purpose I/O (GPIO) pin can be used to implement Chip Select
> for the Serial EEPROM, as long as the pin is kept deasserted any time the
> EEPROM is not in use.
>
> It looks like if Motorola is using it without a hyphen, I guess I just
> found my answer.
>
> Melissa
>
> > I am not sure the context in which you are using the term. However, I would
> > suggest "deny," "refute," or even "disagree with." If you present the
> > sentence, we would have a better idea of how you are trying to use the term.
> >
> > Time
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> What is the opposite of 'assert'? Is it 'de-assert' or 'deassert'
>
Assert:
"She asserted her arrival at the grand ball."
Opposite of assert:
"Shortly thereafter, she stomped off in a grand huff 'cause everyone was
all "blah blah blah Cinderella" and not paying any attention to her."
Therefore, the antonym of assert is "stomped off in a huff".
Helpfully,
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