answer, reply (n.)

e-mail abbrev

e Antwort

AW: (RE:)

r Klammeraffe, s At-Zeichen

      Although the German for "@" (at) as part of an address should be "bei" (pron. BYE), as in: "XYX bei DEUTSCH.DE" (xyz@deutsch.de), most German-speakers pronounce "@" as "et" — mimicking English "at".

attachment (email) (n.)

attached, as an attachment

r Anhang, s Attachment

als Anhang/Attachment

attribute (n.)

a list of style attributes

r Attribut (-e)

eine Liste von Stilattributen

arrow

arrow key

r Pfeil (-e)

e Pfeiltaste

banner

banner ad

s Banner

e Banneranzeige

r Akku (rechargeable), e Batterie

     German makes a distinction between a plain battery (Batterie) and a rechargeable battery (Akku). Most computer batteries are Akkus.

beep n.

beep v.

r Signalton, r Piepton

piepsen

box (as in "the 'Options' box")

"Click on the 'Options' box"

e Schaltfläche

"Klicken Sie auf die Schaltfläche 'Optionen'"

cable

parallel cable

USB cable

s Kabel

s Parallelkabel

s USB-Kabel

cap key (shift key)

caps lock

e Umschalttaste

e Feststelltaste

CD

CD burner

DVD burner

CD-ROM

e CD (pron. SAY-DAY)

r CD-Brenner

r DVD-Brenner

e CD-ROM

chat n.

private chat (whispering)

chat v.

der Chat

privater Chat (s Flüstern im Chat)

chatten

chat administrator/manager

chat host

chat nickname

chat room

chatter

r Chat-Pate (-n)

 r Chat-Host (-s), r Chat-Gastgeber (-)

r Chat-Spitzname (-n), r Chat-Nickname (-n)

der Chatraum (-räume)

der Chat-Teilnehmer

click (on)

double-click v.

anklicken, klicken (auf)

doppelklicken

color

background color

foreground color

e Farbe (-n)

e Hintergrundfarbe

e Vordergrundfarbe

column

column spacing

row

e Spalte (-n)

r Spaltenabstand

e Zeile (-n)

connect, hook up

Connect the printer to the computer.

anschließen

Schließen Sie den Drucker an den Computer an.

connection

parallel connection

USB connection

r Anschluss, e Verbindung

 r Parallelanschluss

r USB-Anschluss

continue (to next step, page)

back, return (to)

weiter

zurück

copy n.

a copy

copy v.

e Kopie (-n)

eine Kopie (EYE-na KOH-PEE)

kopieren

corrupt adj.

a corrupt file

image header corrupt

defekt, unbrauchbar

eine defekte Datei

Bildvorspann unbrauchbar

cursor

r Cursor, r Mauszeiger, e Schreibmarke

Note: The mouse pointer/cursor is a Mauszeiger in German, while Cursor generally refers to the cursor in word-processing text. Schreibmarke is used rarely, usually by people who want to avoid English.