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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

bump

English answer:

move or increase

Added to glossary by Cagdas Karatas
Jun 20, 2007 15:31
16 yrs ago
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English term

bump

English Tech/Engineering Computers: Software service software for fastfood restaurants
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?
Responses
3 +6 move or increase
3 raise
3 It could mean "shift"
3 Wider context would be nice but could it be 'to cell 1' or 'from cell 1'?

Discussion

Cagdas Karatas (asker) Jun 20, 2007:
I also want to add the subsequent lines:

ascii character used to bump orders left
ascii character used to recall orders from the right
ascii character used to toggle summary order

Responses

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move or increase

"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.
Peer comment(s):
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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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you David."
8 mins

raise

"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.
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1 hr

It could mean "shift"

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.

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Wider context would be nice but could it be 'to cell 1' or 'from cell 1'?

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.
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