cupertino effect

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von cupertino effect im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

The replacement, by a spellchecker, of words that it interprets as being misspelled, by words which are still incorrect in context

Silbentrennung

Cu·per·ti·no ef·fect

Türkische aussprache

kupırtinō ıfekt

Aussprache

/ˌko͞opərˈtēnō əˈfekt/ /ˌkuːpɜrˈtiːnoʊ əˈfɛkt/

Etymologie

() Named for the fact that some older computer spellcheckers did not know the word cooperation, and when it was typed in the document, they automatically replaced it not with co-operation, but with Cupertino, a name of a city in northern California.