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Blackmamba Posted 22 years ago
Grammar

Configurable???

Could anyone tell me if this word actually exists?
or should I say configuration?
we are talking about computers...

thanks
  

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I have seen 'configurable' being used quite commonly in the computer industry. Even I would like to know if this usage is acceptable to the gurus of the forum.

— Rahul_mcsd

  • I have seen 'configurable' being used quite commonly in the computer industry.
  • Even I would like to know if this usage is acceptable to the gurus of the forum.
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I have seen 'configurable' being used quite commonly in the computer industry. Even I would like to know if this usage is acceptable to the gurus of the forum.
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With 827,000 google hits, it is bound to appear soon in a new edition of Webster's Collegiate, at least as the word applies to computers.
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"configurable" ("able to be configured", of course) sounds fine to me.
The one that makes me shiver is "actionable" as "that which it is possible to take action upon", and this is becoming more and more common.

The committee planned out everything that had to be done. At the end of the meeting they had listed more than 50 actionable items.
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