Extensible

Japanese translation: 拡張可能な [システム]

09:19 Apr 22, 2011
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Tech/Engineering - Computers: Systems, Networks
English term or phrase: Extensible
Hi

on the discription of a software, it reads: "Simple. Flexible. Scalable. Extensible."

I think scalable means 拡張性 then, what exactly extensible means? I can't see the difference.

thanks,
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MitsuWao23
Local time: 00:26
Japanese translation:拡張可能な [システム]
Explanation:
See: http://www.google.co.th/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=拡張...
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Soonthon LUPKITARO(Ph.D.)
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4 +4拡張可能な [システム]
Soonthon LUPKITARO(Ph.D.)
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Scalable をアップグレードに近いと考えてもいいかもしれません
Hiroko Miyazaki
FYI
cinefil

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extensible
拡張可能な [システム]


Explanation:
See: http://www.google.co.th/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=拡張...

Soonthon LUPKITARO(Ph.D.)
Thailand
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Hiroko Miyazaki: 賛成です。
13 mins

agree  Mai Shimoura: 賛成。
24 mins

agree  Yasutomo Kanazawa
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agree  Minoru Kuwahara
1 day 9 hrs
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29 mins
Reference: Scalable をアップグレードに近いと考えてもいいかもしれません

Reference information:
Scalableは英語の辞書によりますと、アップグレードの意味もあるようです。
Extensibleはextendedから、引用すると、拡大、の意味が強いようです。


    Reference: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scalable
    Reference: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/extended
Hiroko Miyazaki
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Reference: FYI

Reference information:
scal‧a‧ble /ˈskeɪləbəl/ [UK] [US] adjective technical
if a piece of computer hardware or software is scalable, it continues to work well even if it is made bigger or connected to a larger number of other pieces of equipment
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http://searchsoa.techtarget.com/definition/extensible

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