Re: Word-a-Day: cancel, stop

[Calum Benson <Calum Benson Sun COM>]

On 11 Aug 2008, at 19:34, Stefan Kost wrote:

> Sound good. Do you have an example where stop is used? Some long  
> running activities that come to my mind are:
> * download: cancel, as the partial download will be removed
> * ripping a dvd: cancel, as the partial encoded file is useless and  
> will be removed
> * copying many files: stop, as its unlikely that already copied  
> files should be removed (although it probably removes the current  
> partially transmitted one).
> * burning a cd: stop, as burning can't be undone

And perhaps the most common example for many of us: loading a web page.

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