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Not exactly. Increase and decrease could refer to any amount whereas
increment and decrement indicate one unit. In other words:
increment = increase by one
decrement = decrease by one
Virginia
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While I agree with posters about the *use* of the words--I used them
as verbs in my computer classes--My Dictionary of Computing lists them
only as nouns.
Hmmm.... When we *say* increment and decrement, do we *mean* increase
and decrease?
Chuck Martin
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