tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Thu Apr 25 05:09:15 1996
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Re: {lab} and {lI'} (was Re: Memory trick)
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- Subject: Re: {lab} and {lI'} (was Re: Memory trick)
- Date: Thu, 25 Apr 1996 08:08:44 -0400
In a message dated 96-04-24 20:41:52 EDT, ghunchu'wI' wrote:
>{lab} is glossed as "transmit data (away from a place)" and
>{lI'} is "transmit data (to a place)"; neither of them appears
>to mean "receive data". If the meanings given in TKD are what
>we should go by, I think {lab} would refer to broadcasting, and
>{lI'} to point-to-point communication. I don't think that the
>gloss in TKD is an error; it's consistent between sides of the
>dictionary.
Hmmm . . . I always thought {lab} was equivalent to "download," and {lI'}
meant "upload." Looks like we've got something else for the wish list . . .
SuStel
Hovjaj 96316.2