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Subject:Re: QUESTION: help with a term? From:"Parks, Beverly" <ParksB -at- EMH1 -dot- HQISEC -dot- ARMY -dot- MIL> Date:Mon, 24 Nov 1997 14:44:00 -0700
"Meter" comes to mind. But what kind of meter? Progress meter? Audience
satisfaction meter? <g>
Bev Parks
parksb -at- emh1 -dot- hqisec -dot- army -dot- mil
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>Subject: QUESTION: help with a term?
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>It's clearly Monday and my brain doesn't seem to be working properly -- I'm
>trying to figure out what to call something and my mind draws a blank. I'm
>documenting a piece of data entry software that uses this little icon to
>keep track of how much work the user has left to do -- it's a sort of
>wedge-shaped thing that sits over on the right side of the window, and the
>more work there is, the bigger the wedge. You know, kind of like those
>game shows where the host stands there with his right arm parallel to the
>ground, and the more the audience claps (or laughs, or whatever), the more
>he pivots his arm upward? Or like any circular gauge type thing.
>
>I'm not even sure I've described it clearly, but I swear there's a term for
>this kind of thing. If anyone knows it, I'll be deeply grateful.
>
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