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  2. Plain language - Wikipedia

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    The text should be direct and concise, and have an easy flow to it. [5] The chosen vocabulary must remain simple and familiar. [10] Everyday language should be favoured against acronyms, jargon and legal language. [8] Plain language favours the use of the verb form of the word, instead of the noun form. [8]

  3. Synonym - Wikipedia

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    Synonym list in cuneiform on a clay tablet, Neo-Assyrian period [1] A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means precisely or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. [2] For example, in the English language, the words begin, start, commence, and initiate are all synonyms of one another: they are ...

  4. OpenThesaurus - Wikipedia

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    The cause for the start of the project was the arrival of OpenOffice.org in 2002, which was missing the thesaurus of its parent, StarOffice, due to its licensing.. OpenThesaurus filled that gap by importing possible synonyms from a freely available German/English dictionary and refining and updating these in crowdsourced work through the use of a web ap

  5. Plain English - Wikipedia

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    The term derives from the 16th-century idiom "in plain English", meaning "in clear, straightforward language" [2] as well as the Latin planus ("flat"). Another name for the term, layman's terms, is derived from the idiom "in layman's terms" which refers to language phrased simply enough that a layman, or common person without expertise on the subject, can understand.

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  7. Usability - Wikipedia

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    Rather, there are empirical methods that can be used during system development or after the system is delivered, usually a more inopportune time. Ultimately, iterative design works towards meeting goals such as making the system user friendly, easy to use, easy to operate, simple, etc. [22]

  8. Table (information) - Wikipedia

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    the term row has several common synonyms (e.g., record, k-tuple, n-tuple, vector); the term column has several common synonyms (e.g., field, parameter, property, attribute, stanchion); a column is usually identified by a name; a column name can consist of a word, phrase or a numerical index; the intersection of a row and a column is called a cell.

  9. Simplified Technical English - Wikipedia

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    The simple present tense; The simple past tense; The past participle (only as an adjective) The future tense; Do not use helping verbs to make complex verb structures. Use the "-ing" form of a verb only as a technical name or as a modifier in a technical name. Do not use passive voice in procedures. Use the active voice as much as possible in ...