TechWhirl (TECHWR-L) is a resource for technical writing and technical communications professionals of all experience levels and in all industries to share their experiences and acquire information.
For two decades, technical communicators have turned to TechWhirl to ask and answer questions about the always-changing world of technical communications, such as tools, skills, career paths, methodologies, and emerging industries. The TechWhirl Archives and magazine, created for, by and about technical writers, offer a wealth of knowledge to everyone with an interest in any aspect of technical communications.
Subject:Re: time stamp or timestamp? From:"Ash Nallawalla, VK3CIT" <ash -at- TESTBOX -dot- APANA -dot- ORG -dot- AU> Date:Sun, 1 Jan 1995 12:31:52 +1100
Gail DeCamp <decampg -at- smtplink -dot- ngc -dot- com> writes:
> question. Do most of you spell it "time stamp" or "timestamp"? We've
> seen it both ways.
This is similar to the filename|file name or username| user name
options. I'd go for the two words in generic usage but if I
were documenting a programming tool that had used the combined
version as a variable name I'd resign myself to use it.
Some programmers tend to use the composite word because they are used
to naming variables as one word. When I have a debate about this,
I ask them "Why filename but not directoryname, or subdirectoryname?"
PS - I read this list as a newsgroup, so if it did not reach the
newsgroup please let me know (via E-mail). Please tell me the
correct address for the list and I'll also notify the site that
carries this as a newsgroup.
--
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Are you a volunteer in a computer user group? Then subscribe to the User
Group Officers Mailing List. Email me for details or try this URL:
<A href="http://www.melbpc.org.au/others/otherugs.htm";>UGs on the WWW</A>
