multiavoisuus

English translation: multiple values

13:29 Sep 18, 2009
Finnish to English translations [PRO]
IT (Information Technology)
Finnish term or phrase: multiavoisuus
Dear all,
Does anyone know what multiavoisuus mean?
It came from a computer program's description.

Päivitetty multiavoisuuksia ja käsittelysääntöjä

Thanks a lot in advance.
Diana Takehana
Finland
English translation:multiple values
Explanation:
Here is my wild guess: that there was an "R" missing from the asker's term. I'm imagining objects in the computer program being assigned multiple values, for example the same purchasing order number being associated with two different records in a database.
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Owen Witesman
Local time: 01:23
Grading comment
Thanks a lot Owen for this one.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1multiple values
Owen Witesman
5 -1polygamy
Erkki Pekkinen
4 -1pluralism
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polygamy


Explanation:
multiavioisuus on sama kuin moniavioisuus

Example sentence(s):
  • multiavioisuus on sama kuin moniavioisuus
Erkki Pekkinen
Finland
Local time: 10:23
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FinnishFinnish
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you Erkki

Asker: I am sorry but this is just as much context I can give. The text is inserted in a table, whose name is "Muutoshistoria" and within a section called "Muutoksen kuvaus". Then right below the sentence in question, there is a list of parametres. I also think thre is a typo there, but that's exactly how it is in the original file. I hope this helps. Thanks.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Owen Witesman: Wrong spelling (of source word) and wrong context (of target word). Why would a computer program have its polygamy updated?
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multiarvoisuus
multiple values


Explanation:
Here is my wild guess: that there was an "R" missing from the asker's term. I'm imagining objects in the computer program being assigned multiple values, for example the same purchasing order number being associated with two different records in a database.

Example sentence(s):
  • "Processing logic and handling of multiple values updated."
Owen Witesman
Local time: 01:23
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 10
Grading comment
Thanks a lot Owen for this one.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Timo Lehtilä: This seems possible, especially when taking into consideration that more Finnish-based word 'moniarvoisuus' would have the possibly confusing basic meaning of 'pluralism'.
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
pluralism


Explanation:
There is a typo, IMHO it should be multiarvoisuus, ie moniarvoisuus.

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Note added at 1 hr (2009-09-18 14:40:45 GMT)
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ftp://cs.joensuu.fi/pub/Theses/2002_BSc_Laaksonen_Sami.pdf

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Note added at 1 hr (2009-09-18 14:41:56 GMT)
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Pluralistinen läpikäynti suomennetaan useasti ryhmä- tai moniarvoiseksi läpikäynniksi ja se on käyttäjätestin ja asiantuntija-arvion yhdistelmä, sillä siihen osallistuu vain
muutama käyttäjä (Bias, 1994). Pluralistinen läpikäynti on nopea menetelmä, jossa käyttäjistä, tuotekehittelijöistä ja käytettävyysasiantuntijoista koostuva ryhmä käy tietyn
skenaarion läpi osa kerrallaan. Läpikäynti sopii hyvin järjestelmän aikaiseen suunnitteluvaiheeseen ja sen etuna on se, että sen avulla on mahdollista saada käyttäjäpalautetta
aikaisessa vaiheessa.


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Note added at 1 hr (2009-09-18 14:48:15 GMT)
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also in the link:
http://www.cs.uta.fi/research/thesis/masters/Peltomaki_Suvi....

Pluralistinen käytettävyysläpikäynti
Ryhmässä tehtävä käytettävyysläpikäynti (pluralistic usability walkthrough) on Biasilta [1994] lähtöisin oleva käytettävyyden arvioinnin menetelmä, joka tuo yhteen järjestelmän
käyttäjät ja suunnittelijat samaan suunnittelusessioon keskustelemaan uusista ideoista.

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Note added at 1 hr (2009-09-18 15:02:16 GMT)
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Both "moniarvoisuus" and "käsittelysäännöt" are mentioned here:
http://www.cs.uta.fi/is/opetus/tjp03/tjp_pruju_02.pdf

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Note added at 2 hrs (2009-09-18 15:36:58 GMT)
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In the same way, pluralism is used in English, of course:
http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=322356

Alfa Trans (X)
Local time: 10:23
Native speaker of: Finnish
PRO pts in category: 1
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you Marju


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Owen Witesman: Why would a computer program have updated "pluralism". I think there isn't enough context to guess at what is supposed to be meant.
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