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Subject:Re: Daisy chain versus daisy chaining From:"Margaret A. Smith" <msmith -at- aros -dot- net> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com Date:Fri, 10 Sep 1999 10:35:20 -0600
Correct usage falls into the "write for your audience" category. If you're
addressing a general user group, in which you are trying to describe
hardware connections to the full gamut of users, you'd want to stick with
standard verbs to describe the action---and perhaps placate other readers
with the techie term in parentheses.
If you're writing an installation guide for IT-type users, "daisychain," as
a verb, is probably the quickest route to their comprehension. ("Connecting
the hardware in a series???? Oh, you mean daisychaining.")
Peg Smith
Abet Information Design
-----Original Message-----
From: clark -at- dataphysics -dot- com [mailto:clark -at- dataphysics -dot- com]
Sent: Thursday, September 09, 1999 6:47 PM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: daisy chain versus daisy chaining
I know that "Daisy chain" is valid terminology to use, but can you say
"daisy chaining"?
For example, I would say, "I have daisy chained my computer, printer, and
scanner together."
