From: Eryndlia Mavourneen <eryndlia@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Vocabulary matter: Component vs Element vs Item
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2013 13:25:19 -0700 (PDT)
Date: 2013-07-29T13:25:19-07:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4e50e46b-d133-4513-bb78-7331807224c2@googlegroups.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <op.w0sduxdcule2fv@cardamome>
In my own experience:
1) "Element" is one of a collection of the same or similar type of thing, as in an array. We have the chemical elements, too, which are all chemically irreducible pieces of matter.
2) "Component" is a member of a construct of (possibly) differing types of things. I can have a component of a TV set, The Booch Components, or a record.
3) "Item" is a selection -- could be from a menu or not. In a loop, the current constant is an item, regardless of whether it is an element, a selection from a container, or eggs and bacon.
-- Eryndlia (KK1T)
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2013-07-25 16:38 Vocabulary matter: Component vs Element vs Item Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-07-25 19:01 ` Simon Wright
2013-07-25 19:29 ` Jeffrey Carter
2013-07-25 20:12 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-07-26 7:59 ` Simon Wright
2013-07-26 18:42 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-07-26 18:53 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-07-26 19:29 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-07-27 3:42 ` Randy Brukardt
2013-07-27 8:18 ` Simon Wright
2013-07-27 3:35 ` Randy Brukardt
2013-07-27 15:57 ` Shark8
2013-07-26 9:56 ` Manuel Collado
2013-07-26 17:24 ` Charles H. Sampson
2013-07-26 18:29 ` Adam Beneschan
2013-07-26 19:12 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-07-26 19:56 ` Adam Beneschan
2013-07-29 20:25 ` Eryndlia Mavourneen [this message]
2013-07-29 22:30 ` Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
2013-07-30 13:46 ` Eryndlia Mavourneen
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