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Subject:RE: What is it called... From:<tammyvb -at- spectrumwritingllc -dot- com> Date:Fri, 26 Jun 2020 17:13:34 -0600
Uh, yep. . . my specialty is software and that indeed is the correct term.
Tammy Van Boening
Tammy dot vanboening at spectrumwritingllc dot com
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Subject: Re: What is it called...
2nd vote for âtruncated.â
On Fri, Jun 26, 2020 at 1:00 PM Monique Semp <monique -dot- semp -at- earthlink -dot- net>
wrote:
> Perhaps "truncated"? I presume you mean when the software component
> automatically truncates a big bunch of text, and automatically adds an
> ellipses, in order to fit the text into a given size box?
> -Monique
>
> On 6/26/20 9:38 AM, Emoto wrote:
>
> >From a friend:
>
> "What is the word when a number string or word is not fully displayed
> in a software gui? That is, what is the word for when a string is
> partially displayed only and the ending of it is not displayed?"
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bob
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