information versus informational (messages)
English translation: Informational is used in DIY repairs
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| 5 | Informational is used in DIY repairs |
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peer agreement (net): +1OOTO Explanation: At least, as far as I am concerned. To me, messages convey information, so to say "information(al) messages" is something of a pleonasm, and as suggested above, one should use "One Or The Other", but not both... |
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information Explanation: I prefer 'information'. 'Informational' sounds very strange to me, although there seem to be quite a few Ghits for it. Adobe Device Central emulator error and information messages. Messages appear in a pop-up Output window in the emulator and Flash also reports them in its ... livedocs.adobe.com/flashlite/3.0/docs/00004809.html The Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) defines a number of error and information messages, as illustrated in Figure 1. ICMP messages ... penguin.dcs.bbk.ac.uk/academic/networks/network-layer/icmp/index.php The following information messages describe the compiler operation. smi2smir: Version <version #> MIB definitions compiled from <file name> ... msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa390437(VS.85).aspx |
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Informational is used in DIY repairs Explanation: Information is normally just a message, or the providing of general information. Informational messages also contains information as to how to fix something as well as the general information and dwells deeper into the subject. An example is in "Do it Yourself" DIY repairs, where there is not just the information about the product but how to assemble it and maintain it. In this case the informational message would have point by point instructions firstly about the error and then how to repair the error. Generally an information message will just list the error and then offer no additional information. like a pop up error message on your PC. where as the help section is more informational. I post informational videos on Youtube for my customers to explain to them how to do a repair. They are full of technical advice, informational. |
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