Hi Deirdre, I tend to refer to numbers as either "numbers" or "arabic numbers," depending on whether I am also using "roman numerals." Alphabetical characters I refer to as "lowercase letters" or "uppercase letters," with the obvious distinctions.
It's all very interesting isn't it? Yes, alpha, beta, etc. are greek but we use a combination of roman and sanscrit for the characters. I guess during Peter the Great's reign they had the benefit of hindsight when devising a written character form for the Russian people ;) Alan On 24/07/2008, at 7:38 AM, Deirdre Reagan wrote: > Hi all: > > The documents I am working with refer to numerical characters and > alpha characters. > > Just out of professional curiosity, is this terminology correct? > Those two phrases sound overly complicated to me -- "numerical > characters" sounds like a complicated way of saying "numbers" and > ditto "alpha characters" for "letters." (And isn't alpha just slang > for alphabetical? They aren't talking about the Greek character.) > > Or, it could be accepted jargon. > > Who knows? > > (I'm hoping you do. LOL) > > Thanks, > > Deirdre > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as alan at alphabyte.co.nz. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/alan%40alphabyte.co.nz > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. -- Alan Litchfield MBus(Hons), MNZCS AlphaByte PO Box 1941, Auckland, NZ. 1140 http://www.alphabyte.co.nz
