[Techtalk] dah, what's transparent?

[Carla Schroder]

On Tuesday 27 January 2004 1:44 pm, Anthony Gorecki wrote:
> On January 27, 2004 1:42 pm, ed orphan wrote:
> > When reading technical manuals and computer
> > magazines, once in a while something is
> > referred to as "transparent".
> > "This process is transparent to the user."
> > "It is essential that this code be transparent."
> >    What are they talking about?
> > Can you wrap sandwiches in it?
> 
> When they say "transparent," they are referring to a process or activity 
which
> is invisible to the user. It will occur, though they will not be aware of 
it.
> 

I've always thought the correct term should be 'opaque', because the inner 
workings are hidden from the user. 

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