"resolve to" - strange meaning

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Hello!Could you help me with the meaning of the "resolve to" phrase in this context?http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2660401E.g. "Tracking a contact email in Outlook does not resolve to the associated contact in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011"The use of this word does not seem to match any of the definitions of the word resolve I have found. Is it some IT slang?Is it something like "match" in this context? I'd have to quess, but I have to know for sure.Thanks for taking interest in this topic.

Clive · Accepted Answer

See meaning 2b.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/resolve

A simpler example is this
The expression ((15 - 3) / 2) resolves to 6.

Clive

Systemet · Answer

Thank you Clive!

But maybe I am not so good at English, but the 2b definition doesn't sound like the one I'm looking for? Are you sure that's the one. On the other hand your example resonates with me fully

It would mean something like "correspond", right?

Clive · Answer

eg Tracking a contact email in Outlook does not resolve to the associated contact in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011.
The word 'resolve' here suggests you have to go through a complicated procedure to eventually find the associated contact.
The word 'tracking' also implies a bit of complexity.

eg A contact email in Outlook does not correspond to the associated contact in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011.
The word 'correspond' here suggests you do not have to go through a complicated procedure to find the associated contact.

Clive

Systemet · Answer

Thank you very much for your time, Clive, I really appreciate it! I am still at a loss though. Maybe I am looking at the sentence in a different way than I should.
Would it be possible for and, if it does not pose a big problem or is not too much of an annoyance to you, paraphrase the sentence? Maybe I am reading the other elements incorrectly or I am in a kind of a stupor

Enoon · Answer

A computer programmer wrote that. He is talking about code that transforms the address that it finds in Outlook into the proper syntax to retrieve the same contact in MDCRM. At the end of the transformation process, the address should resolve into the right CRM address, but it does not. That is programmer jargon, and you need not concern yourself with it. These guys can barely tie their own shoes.

resolve verb, tr., 4. (AHD) ("To change or convert: My resentment resolved itself into resignation.")

Systemet · Answer

Oh, stupid me, I haven't replied! I'm very sorry! This has been a very intensive week. You helped me a lot, enoon, thank you very much for your answer and your time!

It was really tricky indeed. I have an impression that IT language is sometimes very careless and linguistically incorrect even, when we talk about some companies. Sometimes I sit and wonder... Laziness or lack of time, no idea. I know what the basic principle was here then - the meaning seemed very non-standard for me.
I feel that I've also seen a similar IT usage, but it was something else. It meant sth like: the program will not work, if the markings here "do not resolve to" the markings there.

Cheers cheers!

Enoon · Answer

Don't get me wrong. I know what it means and I can't think of another way to put it. I just mean that the idea it conveys is over the head of the layman, so you don't need to worry about it. The meaning is quite standard.

Systemet · Answer

I see

Well, it is probably like this - I'd probably have to sit more on the topic

Have a nice day!

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