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Subject:Re: Functionality From:Marv Cochrane <cochrane -at- JOCASNEXT1 -dot- EGLIN -dot- AF -dot- MIL> Date:Wed, 22 May 1996 14:44:54 -0500
First post:
> Howdy! Can I get some opinions on using the word "functionality" =
-- is it
> just an inflation of "function" (some of my best friends are =
engineers) or
> s it worth the difference? Thanks.
Paul's response:=20
> It's not a word. People think it is, but it isn't. Try using =
function or
> functions.
My opinion:
If the subject and/or audience is mathematics or software-related,
then the word function has other, specific meanings and can be=20
ambiguous when referring to a capability to perform a function.
Functionality, which is in my on-line dictionary, can be more
specific, but I would use it only if I tried function and =
capability=20
first.=20
Marv Cochrane
Technical Writer
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