Sunday, April 06, 2008

Worst german computer term ever

Well, maybe not the eternal #1 ... but still a good candidate is .... drum roll ...

SCHALTFLÄCHE

This is the german term quite frequently used for buttons & push-buttons.
Literally it means "switch(ing) area"...
as in switching gears or switching the light on ...
and area as in they area where you can actually do the switching.

This is such a stupid and inappropriate term...

Boy, even leo knows about it.

2 comments:

Nose said...

my favourite term is the once famous operating system "BS/2"
Roman I guess you know what company built it

Roman said...

did they really ever use "BS/2" ?