Re: Terminology question

From: David Cressey <dcressey_at_verizon.net>
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2006 12:19:12 GMT
Message-ID: <4XdLg.3671$hV2.3459_at_trndny05>


<pamelafluente_at_libero.it> wrote in message news:1157318741.797319.327370_at_e3g2000cwe.googlegroups.com...
> Hi.
>
> I need to give a name to some categories of objects in a program. Name
> must be clear to the user and possibly 1 word.
>
> o1 = Database --> "database"
> o2 = Connection to a Database (connection string + login info) -->
> "connection"
> o3 = Connection to Database + SQL/custom program to extract data
> --> "??"
>
> Question.
>
> What is the best name for o3. I wanted to call it a "datasource", but
> some people are arguing that "datasource" is usually the same as
> database.
>
> What is your suggestion for a clear and meaningful naming of these
> objects ?
>
> -P
>

What terminology would you use in Italian? I'm serious.

In some cases, the romance languages are quite precise in describing things. Received on Tue Sep 05 2006 - 14:19:12 CEST

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