Liittymä, etc.

English translation: interface, access, connection

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Finnish term or phrase:Liittymä, liityntä
English translation:interface, access, connection
Entered by: Yngve Roennike

20:02 May 10, 2004
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Finnish term or phrase: Liittymä, etc.
liittymä, liityntä, rajapinta, all seem to mean interface, one way or the other. Any way of distinguishing between them?
Examples:
käyttöliitymä,
johon palvelinsovelluksella on liityntä,
liityntäpalvelin (could also be access server?)
Yngve Roennike
Local time: 05:32
interface, access, connection
Explanation:
Käyttöliittymä = (user) interface
...liityntä = access, connection
Liityntäpalvelin = access server, as you said.
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Jyri Lehtinen
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Local time: 11:32
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Liittymä, etc.
interface, access, connection


Explanation:
Käyttöliittymä = (user) interface
...liityntä = access, connection
Liityntäpalvelin = access server, as you said.

Jyri Lehtinen
Finland
Local time: 11:32
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Kiitos!

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