- Cupertino effect
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The replacement, by a spellchecker, of words that it interprets as being misspelled, by words which are still incorrect in context.See Also: death by spellcheck
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Cupertino effect — The Cupertino effect is the tendency of a spellchecker to suggest inappropriate words to replace misspelled words and words not in its dictionary. This term refers to the fact that the unhyphenated English word cooperation was often changed to… … Wikipedia
Cupertino effect — Le Cupertino effect (de l anglais signifiant littéralement « effet Cupertino ») est le phénomène qui se produit lorsque la suggestion faite par un logiciel de correction orthographique pour remplacer un mot mal écrit est totalement… … Wikipédia en Français
Cupertino, California — Cupertino redirects here. For the word processing phenomenon, see Cupertino effect. Cupertino City City of Cupertino … Wikipedia
Cupertino (Californie) — Cupertino Le Cupertino City Center, à l intersection des boulevards De Anza et Steven Creek … Wikipédia en Français
Cupertino-Effekt — Als Cupertino Effekt (nach Cupertino, einer Stadt in Kalifornien) wird bezeichnet, wenn die softwaregestützte Rechtschreibprüfung aufgrund einer zufälligen Ähnlichkeit der Zeichen ein völlig zusammenhangloses Ersatzwort vorschlägt und dieses dann … Deutsch Wikipedia
Cupertino — 37° 19′ 03″ N 122° 02′ 31″ W / 37.3175, 122.041944 … Wikipédia en Français
St. Joseph of Cupertino — St. Joseph of Cupertino † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Joseph of Cupertino Mystic, born 17 June, 1603; died at Osimo 18 September, 1663; feast, 18 September. Joseph received his surname from Cupertino, a small village in the Diocese of … Catholic encyclopedia
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Scunthorpe problem — The Scunthorpe problem occurs when a spam filter or search engine blocks e mails or search results because their text contains a string of letters that are shared with an obscene word. While computers can easily identify strings of text within a… … Wikipedia
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