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From: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org>
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On Thu, Nov 01, 2001 at 11:44:31AM -0800, Chern Lee wrote:
> * disasserting -> dis-asserting (for lack of a better word)
>=20
> disasserting is not in the Merriam Webster dictionary.  The closest
> suggestion is "disserting," which does not serve as an antonym for
> asserting.  At the time, I could not think of a better word.
>=20
> >From the serial-uart article, the sentence:
>=20
> "For example, when the device
> connected to the UART is a modem, the modem may report the
> presence of a carrier on the phone line while the computer
> may be able to instruct the modem to reset itself or to not
> take calls by asserting or disasserting one more of these
> extra signals."
>=20
> makes perfect sense.  Only problem is, disasserting is not a word.  I'm
> open for suggestions.

un-asserts (unasserts) or deasserts.

negates?

In this context you could probably speak of "raising" and "lowering"
signals instead.

N
--=20
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