Barry Gershenfeld wrote: > >> This is just an aside, but I think there is a some difference between >> acquiesce and quiesce. I suppose if your disks seem temperamental, the >> meanings might be equivalent. > > The biggest difference being that acquiesce is an English word. I > looked up 'quiesce' since I'd never heard of it, and it appears to be > jargon. That's based on the observation that the search hits lead to > technical discussions, and none to dictionaries. "Acquiesce" gives the > opposite result. I'm going to guess that 'quiesce' derives from the > desire to have a word that means "reaches its quiescent state", though > what they're really seeking is a state where the system load is at a > minimum, and the disks are not being accessed. There is an actual > command by this name in IBM-dom, which suggests the term wasn't invented > yesterday, and that in the minds of some DP or IP personnel, it's as > good as a word. > > Just thought I'd share, since I took the trouble to look it up. Anyone > wants to research it deeper, go ahead. >
Well, I had no trouble finding it in several online dictionaries .. no mention of jargon-ocity, even. In the process of checking, Google led me to a new resource I hadn't stumbled onto before -- kinda nice: http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/ BTW, I've been seeing quiesce for several years and always thought it sounded recently made up, although fitting a well-defined need. On further looking, it seems to be an eminently authentic word which just may not have been widely used until recently. Regards, ..jim -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
