[Techtalk] dah, what's transparent?
Carla Schroder
carla at bratgrrl.com
Wed Jan 28 11:07:52 EST 2004
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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