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dismount -> unmount

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Helmut K. C. Tessarek
2020-01-25
2020-11-04

  • Helmut K. C. Tessarek

    Helmut K. C. Tessarek - 2020-01-25

    I think I've mentioned this a while back (a few years ago).

    There is no dismount term in IT. It's called unmount. Every time I read dismount it gives me a jolt. One dismounts a horse or a bike, but not a disk.
    Please change this accordingly. I know that this is not that important, but it is just horribly wrong.

    Cheers,
    K. C.

     

  • Crashy

    Crashy - 2020-10-23

    Hi K.C., that's what's written on the button in VC. And it was also the case in TC if I remember correctly. So even if there is no dismount in IT, there is in VC ;-)

     

    Last edit: Crashy 2020-10-23

  • Helmut K. C. Tessarek

    Helmut K. C. Tessarek - 2020-10-23

    What I'm saying is that someone should change the term. I don't really care what TC used, since it's dead.

    I'm saying that the term is completely wrong and if you are an English speaker, it startles you every time you read it.

     

  • DDD

    DDD - 2020-11-03

    The online Merriam-Webster dictionary couldn't find "unmount". What about "demount"? Why's it even called "mount" in the first place?

     

  • Helmut K. C. Tessarek

    Helmut K. C. Tessarek - 2020-11-04

    The Unix world used the terms mount and unmount since the beginning.

    man umount

    Either way, demount/dismount and everything else but unmount is wrong in this context.

     

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