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Subject:Re: Synonym for tree From:Richard Guziewicz <rkg -at- WORLDNET -dot- FR> Date:Thu, 2 Jul 1998 13:24:25 +0200
May I suggest the following alternative, taken from the standard French
computer term for "hierarchical tree":
arborescence
Although I have not seen it used in English language technical
documents, I find this noun to be elegant, easy to pronounce, and
suitably descriptive.
Just a bit of speculative grist for the mill.
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