paz
Keywords: computers, industry, management
Pronunciation (IPA): | paθ |
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Part of Speech: | term noun verb |
Class: | happat |
Forms: | paz, pazysyn, pazca, pazys |
Glosses: | app, program, instruction, plan, algorithm, heuristic, instruct, programmer, programmed |
Description:
The word 'paz' is an Old Common word meaning an application or program, specifically a computer program. It has since been generalised to refer to other types of instructions, another example of generalisation from the work of computers to the physical world going in the opposite direction as normally expected in Common.
Noun:
As a noun, 'paz' means a specific app or computer program used to interact with a 'rezyka' or service, and has some overlap with rezyka in actual usage. The derived form 'pazysyn' is used to refer to an instruction or plan in general. It can sometimes be used in the type of context where one might see 'algorithm' or 'heuristic'. The form 'pazca' is used to refer to a programmer.
Verb:
As a verb, 'paz' is a happat verb menaing to instruct, taking an ergative instructor, and absolutive one instruction and a dative thing instructed to do. Note that this has a patronising or belittling connotation when used to refer to humans, and so would genenrally only be used by a high ranking person talking about a lower ranking person. When talking about a device, however, it means to program the device to do something and is completely neutral.
Modifier:
The modifier form 'pazys' just means 'programmed'.