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<<Another recent post raised a similar question re: the use of "jumper" as
a
verb. On this one, my dictionary does have something to say: "jumper" is a
noun, not a verb, at least in the usages cited by Webster (9th New
Collegiate Dictionary). However, common parlance in the electronics
industry would probably raise no objection to using "jumper" as a verb. Any
technician on the bench would know what you meant if you said, "Jumper pins
1 and 2." In fact, that's probably what they would say if they were telling
YOU to do it. >>
I disagree with this. Jumper is a noun, you "set" a jumper pin, just like
you "install a car battery", you don't "battery a car". And honestly, I have
not yet met a technician who "jumpers" a pin.
Marianne
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Marianne Bowen
Technical Writer
Nextel Communications, Inc.
IT - Systems Engineering
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