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Subject:Use of the word 'Diagnostics' From:doug montalbano <doug_montalbano -at- CC -dot- CHIRON -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 30 Jun 1995 11:31:43 PST
[NOTE: I have received 2 e-mails from the listserver telling me
that this identical mail has already been sent (although I don't
see how -- and I tried only once to send it). The bounce message
suggested that I add some note of explanation at the beginning of
this message. La voici.]
Kat has suggested (I paraphrase because I get the List in digest)
that just 'Diagnostics' "seems clear enough" for some med. tech.
software program self-analysis.
Sorry, I disagree. In the medical field, 'diagnostics' has other
meanings than in the computer field. A med. tech. might think a
diagnostic has to do with in-vitro assays of blood or other tissue.
Pick a term that shows (1) it's for the computer software and
(2) it checks for errors in same.
