TechWhirl (TECHWR-L) is a resource for technical writing and technical communications professionals of all experience levels and in all industries to share their experiences and acquire information.
For two decades, technical communicators have turned to TechWhirl to ask and answer questions about the always-changing world of technical communications, such as tools, skills, career paths, methodologies, and emerging industries. The TechWhirl Archives and magazine, created for, by and about technical writers, offer a wealth of knowledge to everyone with an interest in any aspect of technical communications.
>
> I am searching for a term and wondered if someone here has had a
similar
> occurence.
>
> A short background - this term is for a parameter in a printer
application
> that "reaches out and touches"
> other printers to ensure that all warnings on individual printers
within
> the intranet are
> given in a timely manner to the administrator, depending on when the
> administrator wants to be
> told of certain errors. We are searching for a term that describes a
group
> of parameters where
> each parameter must be configured as to importance, but can be grouped
in
> different groups
> of printers and parameters.
>
> My developer is calling these a "filter", which we both feel is wrong,
but
> my
> idea of "sieve" is slightly incorrect too, as each error is of the
same
> weight inside the
> parameters (although you can assign more importance to individual
errors)
> and no particular
> error at the beginning has more weight than any other.
>
> Any suggestions are very welcome. Thank you!
>
Off the top of my head a couple of suggestions (from serious to silly):
Relay - from your description it seems this bit "relays" messages back
to the Admin
Crier - this bit sends messages that "cry" for attention from the admin
Mabel - play on the old "Ma Bell" ad campaign of the pre-breakup AT&T
that encouraged everyone to "reach out and touch someone"
(I told you it would get silly... is it Friday yet?)
CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail may contain information that is privileged, confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, purge it and do not disseminate or copy it.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
WebWorks ePublisher Pro for Word features support for every major Help
format plus PDF, HTML and more. Flexible, precise, and efficient content
delivery. Try it today!. http://www.webworks.com/techwr-l
