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English translation: move or increase

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English term or phrase:bump
Selected answer:move or increase
Entered by: Cagdas Karatas

15:31 Jun 20, 2007
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Computers: Software / service software for fastfood restaurants
English term or phrase: bump
In one of the lines, it reads "ascii character used to bump order for cell 1." Could you help me with the meaning of "bump" in this sentence?
Cagdas Karatas
Türkiye
Local time: 03:42
move or increase
Explanation:
"bump left" means "to move left" (probably off the screen)
"bump order for cell 1" probably means to increase the value in cell 1 by one (to add one to it), but in view of "bump left" it could mean move it off-screen.

This meaning of bump is probably related to airlines "bumping" people off flights when they've overbooked.
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David Knowles
Local time: 01:42
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Thank you David.
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3 +6move or increase
David Knowles
3raise
salavat
3It could mean "shift"
C2Expert
3Wider context would be nice but could it be 'to cell 1' or 'from cell 1'?
Alexander Demyanov


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30 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +6
move or increase


Explanation:
"bump left" means "to move left" (probably off the screen)
"bump order for cell 1" probably means to increase the value in cell 1 by one (to add one to it), but in view of "bump left" it could mean move it off-screen.

This meaning of bump is probably related to airlines "bumping" people off flights when they've overbooked.

David Knowles
Local time: 01:42
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20
Grading comment
Thank you David.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Alexander Demyanov: w/"move" but not w/"increase"
1 hr
  -> Yes, I think you're correct here.
agree  Alexandra Tussing
11 hrs
agree  Robert Fox
15 hrs
agree  kmtext
15 hrs
agree  Pham Huu Phuoc
20 hrs
agree  ARTES
4 days
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
raise


Explanation:
"bump" from answers/com
To raise; boost: bump up the price of gasoline

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Note added at 13 mins (2007-06-20 15:44:44 GMT)
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With help of ascii character the order was raised.

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Note added at 31 mins (2007-06-20 16:02:46 GMT)
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Then there must be another answer: "knock" i.e. to knock order to left.

To knock to a new position; shift: bumped the crate out of the way.

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Note added at 36 mins (2007-06-20 16:07:57 GMT)
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The last line of previos comment is also from answer.com.

salavat
Local time: 05:42
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Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
It could mean "shift"


Explanation:
There is an operation that shifts left or right.

This can be bit-wise, byte-wise, word-wise or whatever.

It really depends on the context, which is not clear here.



C2Expert
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Wider context would be nice but could it be 'to cell 1' or 'from cell 1'?


Explanation:
On a restaurant computer/computerized register screen orders are presented in a (usually color-coded) table. Cell 1 may represent the currently processed or most urgent order. I believe it's possible that the action in the particular sentence may mean one of two things:
"bump the order to cell 1" = make the order "current"/"most urgent"

"bump the order from cell 1" = mark the order "completed" and remove it from the screen.

Alexander Demyanov
Local time: 20:42
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PRO pts in category: 7
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