Does the German computer term “Reiter” accurately translate to tab or is rider also a computer term in...
Hi I am doing a translation and came across the word "Reiter" in German, which I discovered to be the word for, at least a kind of, tab, but I don't know exactly if it is technically accurate. Is there a computer term in English for a kind of tab that is also called "the rider"?
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Hi I am doing a translation and came across the word "Reiter" in German, which I discovered to be the word for, at least a kind of, tab, but I don't know exactly if it is technically accurate. Is there a computer term in English for a kind of tab that is also called "the rider"?
word-choice translation german computer
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I can't think of any common use for "rider" in computeresee. Can you clarify what you mean by "tab" and "rider".
– Hot Licks
Aug 27 at 12:35
What is the context of the German word? What is the full sentence and, separately, the full behavioral context it appears in?
– Mitch
Aug 27 at 12:44
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I'm not making this an answer because: a) I'm not sure this is on-topic (you already know what a tab is, so it seems your question is more about German than English), and b) I'm not showing any research: my source is just "being a native English speaker who works in a German-speaking software company". But...: yes, "tab" is an accurate translation for "Reiter" in a software context
– Chris H
Aug 27 at 14:37
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This question would be hugely helped with an image of a Reiter simply asking "What's this called?"
– Andrew Leach♦
Aug 27 at 15:20
Aside from a tab being a part of a user interface in a software application, I don't know what either it or rider would mean in a computer context. As mentioned, it would be very helpful if you could show or describe what the German equivalents reference.
– Jason Bassford
Aug 27 at 16:37
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Hi I am doing a translation and came across the word "Reiter" in German, which I discovered to be the word for, at least a kind of, tab, but I don't know exactly if it is technically accurate. Is there a computer term in English for a kind of tab that is also called "the rider"?
word-choice translation german computer
edited Aug 27 at 12:45
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Hi I am doing a translation and came across the word "Reiter" in German, which I discovered to be the word for, at least a kind of, tab, but I don't know exactly if it is technically accurate. Is there a computer term in English for a kind of tab that is also called "the rider"?
word-choice translation german computer
word-choice translation german computer
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Mitch
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edited Aug 27 at 12:45
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I can't think of any common use for "rider" in computeresee. Can you clarify what you mean by "tab" and "rider".
– Hot Licks
Aug 27 at 12:35
What is the context of the German word? What is the full sentence and, separately, the full behavioral context it appears in?
– Mitch
Aug 27 at 12:44
1
I'm not making this an answer because: a) I'm not sure this is on-topic (you already know what a tab is, so it seems your question is more about German than English), and b) I'm not showing any research: my source is just "being a native English speaker who works in a German-speaking software company". But...: yes, "tab" is an accurate translation for "Reiter" in a software context
– Chris H
Aug 27 at 14:37
1
This question would be hugely helped with an image of a Reiter simply asking "What's this called?"
– Andrew Leach♦
Aug 27 at 15:20
Aside from a tab being a part of a user interface in a software application, I don't know what either it or rider would mean in a computer context. As mentioned, it would be very helpful if you could show or describe what the German equivalents reference.
– Jason Bassford
Aug 27 at 16:37
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I can't think of any common use for "rider" in computeresee. Can you clarify what you mean by "tab" and "rider".
– Hot Licks
Aug 27 at 12:35
What is the context of the German word? What is the full sentence and, separately, the full behavioral context it appears in?
– Mitch
Aug 27 at 12:44
1
I'm not making this an answer because: a) I'm not sure this is on-topic (you already know what a tab is, so it seems your question is more about German than English), and b) I'm not showing any research: my source is just "being a native English speaker who works in a German-speaking software company". But...: yes, "tab" is an accurate translation for "Reiter" in a software context
– Chris H
Aug 27 at 14:37
1
This question would be hugely helped with an image of a Reiter simply asking "What's this called?"
– Andrew Leach♦
Aug 27 at 15:20
Aside from a tab being a part of a user interface in a software application, I don't know what either it or rider would mean in a computer context. As mentioned, it would be very helpful if you could show or describe what the German equivalents reference.
– Jason Bassford
Aug 27 at 16:37
I can't think of any common use for "rider" in computeresee. Can you clarify what you mean by "tab" and "rider".
– Hot Licks
Aug 27 at 12:35
I can't think of any common use for "rider" in computeresee. Can you clarify what you mean by "tab" and "rider".
– Hot Licks
Aug 27 at 12:35
What is the context of the German word? What is the full sentence and, separately, the full behavioral context it appears in?
– Mitch
Aug 27 at 12:44
What is the context of the German word? What is the full sentence and, separately, the full behavioral context it appears in?
– Mitch
Aug 27 at 12:44
1
1
I'm not making this an answer because: a) I'm not sure this is on-topic (you already know what a tab is, so it seems your question is more about German than English), and b) I'm not showing any research: my source is just "being a native English speaker who works in a German-speaking software company". But...: yes, "tab" is an accurate translation for "Reiter" in a software context
– Chris H
Aug 27 at 14:37
I'm not making this an answer because: a) I'm not sure this is on-topic (you already know what a tab is, so it seems your question is more about German than English), and b) I'm not showing any research: my source is just "being a native English speaker who works in a German-speaking software company". But...: yes, "tab" is an accurate translation for "Reiter" in a software context
– Chris H
Aug 27 at 14:37
1
1
This question would be hugely helped with an image of a Reiter simply asking "What's this called?"
– Andrew Leach♦
Aug 27 at 15:20
This question would be hugely helped with an image of a Reiter simply asking "What's this called?"
– Andrew Leach♦
Aug 27 at 15:20
Aside from a tab being a part of a user interface in a software application, I don't know what either it or rider would mean in a computer context. As mentioned, it would be very helpful if you could show or describe what the German equivalents reference.
– Jason Bassford
Aug 27 at 16:37
Aside from a tab being a part of a user interface in a software application, I don't know what either it or rider would mean in a computer context. As mentioned, it would be very helpful if you could show or describe what the German equivalents reference.
– Jason Bassford
Aug 27 at 16:37
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Reiter [DE] -->
rider [EN] (At: rider, like horse-rider.)
Oxford gives us an plausible hypothesis, through the British English definition for rider...
an addition or amendment to a document, especially a piece of legislation.
Imagine, like pork barreling, some extra appropriation clause being added to a document. And imagine, in the olden days whence such words come, how one might g about "adding" this to the document? It's no matter nowadays to just open up the file and type in the clause. But in the days before word processors, such text would need to be appended to the document, physically, as the original text was already scribed. It's almost like it's riding the original document, like a jockey to a colt.
I guess if you had several of these, or several pages, you might need to somehow mark them to distinguish each from another. And you might do that with a tab?
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Reiter [DE] -->
rider [EN] (At: rider, like horse-rider.)
Oxford gives us an plausible hypothesis, through the British English definition for rider...
an addition or amendment to a document, especially a piece of legislation.
Imagine, like pork barreling, some extra appropriation clause being added to a document. And imagine, in the olden days whence such words come, how one might g about "adding" this to the document? It's no matter nowadays to just open up the file and type in the clause. But in the days before word processors, such text would need to be appended to the document, physically, as the original text was already scribed. It's almost like it's riding the original document, like a jockey to a colt.
I guess if you had several of these, or several pages, you might need to somehow mark them to distinguish each from another. And you might do that with a tab?
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Reiter [DE] -->
rider [EN] (At: rider, like horse-rider.)
Oxford gives us an plausible hypothesis, through the British English definition for rider...
an addition or amendment to a document, especially a piece of legislation.
Imagine, like pork barreling, some extra appropriation clause being added to a document. And imagine, in the olden days whence such words come, how one might g about "adding" this to the document? It's no matter nowadays to just open up the file and type in the clause. But in the days before word processors, such text would need to be appended to the document, physically, as the original text was already scribed. It's almost like it's riding the original document, like a jockey to a colt.
I guess if you had several of these, or several pages, you might need to somehow mark them to distinguish each from another. And you might do that with a tab?
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Reiter [DE] -->
rider [EN] (At: rider, like horse-rider.)
Oxford gives us an plausible hypothesis, through the British English definition for rider...
an addition or amendment to a document, especially a piece of legislation.
Imagine, like pork barreling, some extra appropriation clause being added to a document. And imagine, in the olden days whence such words come, how one might g about "adding" this to the document? It's no matter nowadays to just open up the file and type in the clause. But in the days before word processors, such text would need to be appended to the document, physically, as the original text was already scribed. It's almost like it's riding the original document, like a jockey to a colt.
I guess if you had several of these, or several pages, you might need to somehow mark them to distinguish each from another. And you might do that with a tab?
answered Aug 27 at 13:02
tidbertum
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Reiter [DE] -->
rider [EN] (At: rider, like horse-rider.)
Oxford gives us an plausible hypothesis, through the British English definition for rider...
an addition or amendment to a document, especially a piece of legislation.
Imagine, like pork barreling, some extra appropriation clause being added to a document. And imagine, in the olden days whence such words come, how one might g about "adding" this to the document? It's no matter nowadays to just open up the file and type in the clause. But in the days before word processors, such text would need to be appended to the document, physically, as the original text was already scribed. It's almost like it's riding the original document, like a jockey to a colt.
I guess if you had several of these, or several pages, you might need to somehow mark them to distinguish each from another. And you might do that with a tab?
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I can't think of any common use for "rider" in computeresee. Can you clarify what you mean by "tab" and "rider".
– Hot Licks
Aug 27 at 12:35
What is the context of the German word? What is the full sentence and, separately, the full behavioral context it appears in?
– Mitch
Aug 27 at 12:44
1
I'm not making this an answer because: a) I'm not sure this is on-topic (you already know what a tab is, so it seems your question is more about German than English), and b) I'm not showing any research: my source is just "being a native English speaker who works in a German-speaking software company". But...: yes, "tab" is an accurate translation for "Reiter" in a software context
– Chris H
Aug 27 at 14:37
1
This question would be hugely helped with an image of a Reiter simply asking "What's this called?"
– Andrew Leach♦
Aug 27 at 15:20
Aside from a tab being a part of a user interface in a software application, I don't know what either it or rider would mean in a computer context. As mentioned, it would be very helpful if you could show or describe what the German equivalents reference.
– Jason Bassford
Aug 27 at 16:37