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Noun Genders: r (der, masc.), e (die, fem.), s (das, neu.)
Abbreviations: adj. (adjective), n. (noun), v. (verb), pl. (plural)
D
data e Daten (pl.)
database e Datei (Datei can also mean "file")
data processing elektronische Datenverarbeitung, EDV (pron. AY-DAY-FOW)
to process (v.) verarbeiten
deactivate (program) (v.) deaktivieren
delete (v.) löschen, entfernen
delete key e Löschtaste, e Entfernentaste
device, machine s Gerät
dialer r Dialer (-) - A type of spyware that installs itself on your computer and changes your dial-up connection setting without your permission so that instead of calling your local ISP, your computer makes a connection via an expensive phone number.
From PC Magazine (May 2003): "Modem Hijacking - Dialers use your modem surreptitiously to dial long distance telephone numbers, running up enormous charges on your phone bill. Some operate while you're surfing the Web, dropping your dial-up connection and reconnecting you through a new number. Others operate when you're away from your machine, dialing numbers after the system sits idle for long periods of time. - This sort of scam—known as modem hijacking, dialer hijacking, or Internet dumping—has become alarmingly prevalent over the past few months."
digital (adj.) digital (pron. DIG-ee-TALL)
directory, folder s Verzeichnis, r Ordner (folder)
disk, diskette e Diskette
disk drive s Laufwerk, s Diskettenlaufwerk
display (n.) s Monitor, r Bildschirm, e Anzeige (table, etc.)
screen display (on monitor) e Bildschirmdarstellung
display (show, indicate) (v.) anzeigen, darstellen (colors, etc.)
done, OK fertig stellen (box in a program window)
dot pitch (of monitor) r Punktabstand
double-click (on) (v.) doppelklicken (auf)
down unten, down
Yesterday the server was down for two hours. Gestern war der Server zwei Stunden down/unten.
down time e Downzeit (-en)
We were down for two hours yesterday. Wir hatten gestern zwei Stunden Downzeit.
download (n.) r Download, (pl.) die Downloads, e Übertragung (email)
download (v.) 'runterladen, herunterladen, downloaden, übertragen (email)
draft (email) (n.) r Entwurf
drag (to) (v.) ziehen (auf)
drag and drop ziehen und ablegen
driver (n.) r Treiber (for printers, etc.)
drop-down box r Dropdown-Kasten
drop-down menu s Dropdown-Menü
dust cover e Abdeckhaube, e Staubschutzhaube (for keyboard, für die Tastatur)
DVD e DVD (pron. DAY-FOW-DAY)
DVD burner r DVD-Brenner
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email/e-mail (n.) e E-Mail (eine E-Mail senden), die/eine Mail, e E-Post
email messages (n., pl.) die Mails (pl.)
new messages (n., pl.) neue Mails (pl.)
sort messages (v.) die Mails sortieren
unread mail/messages (n., pl.) ungelesene Mails (pl.)
Das E-Mail? Some Germans may tell you that email in German is das rather than die. But since the English word stands for die E-Post or die E-Post-Nachricht, it's difficult to justify das. Dictionaries say it's die (feminine). (Das Email means "enamel.")
email/e-mail, send email (v.) e-mailen, mailen, eine E-Mail senden
email address (n.) e E-Mail-Adresse
email messages (n., pl.) die Mails (pl.), die Benachrichtigungen (pl.)
emailbox, e-mailbox, mailbox (n.) r Postkasten, e Mailbox
in-box (n.) r Eingang, r Posteingang
out-box (n.) r Ausgang, r Postausgang
encoded, scrambled (adj.) verschlüsselt
enter (name, search term) (v.) (Namen, Suchbegriff) eingeben, eintragen
enter/return key e Eingabetaste
entry (entries) e Angabe (-n), r Eintrag (Einträge), e Eintragung (-en)
save entries Angaben speichern
error r Fehler
error message e Fehlermeldung
escape key e Escapetaste
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