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[Hannie Dumoleyn <lafeber-dumoleyn2@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi David,
Good question! Whether a word should be explained in the glossary or not
is a choice of the author or editor. Personally I think switch is rather
technical and does not need to be explained in a beginners' guide (just
my 2 cents).
Hannie

Op 18-09-13 17:05, David Manuel Pires schreef:
> Hi, Jim and team
>
> I'm currently in the process of reviewing the "getting online" section
> and noticed that at its very beginning (in the second paragraph) it is
> used a *_\gls_* tag associated with the term router, meaning that if
> someone needs to read an explanation of what a router is, when
> clicking the word is directly pointed to it's definition in the
> glossary, but there's no \gls tag associated with the term switch. Is
> there any specific explanation for this or is this just something that
> was forgotten?
>
> A definition of what a switch is should, IMHO, also be included in the
> Glossary section and its respective tag included throughout the manual.
> A possible definition could be something like:
> /A switch is a computer networking device that that data from any
> device connected to it and then transmits that data only to the device
> for which it was meant./
> /
> /
> What do you think?
>
> Regards,
> David Pires
>
>
> On 16 September 2013 00:47, Jim Connett <jimandmarcy@xxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:jimandmarcy@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
>     Hey David and Carsten,
>
>     The "getting online" section in the 13.10 Ubuntu manual is ready
>     for review.
>
>     Two notes:
>     *GETTING ONLINE*
>     [[ isues ]]
>     Two screenshots in the margins next to "Establishing a wired
>     connection" (figures 3.2, and 3.3) that need to be moved to the
>     body of the text. Carsten, please make a note of this.
>
>     I could not fully test the wireless section as I've Ubuntu
>     installed in a VM that connects through a wire. Please test the
>     latter portions of this section where it describes how to connect
>     to a hidden wireless network as well as how to change wireless
>     settings.
>
>     Thanks
>     --Jim
>
>
>
>
>
>
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