by tony@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Tony Mountifield)
May 21, 2008 at 09:16 AM
In article <7rv5345cah55m4aogok63p0d0ckif24csv@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
dorris26 <dorris26@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> one more question -- is it normal (I mean is it prevalent) to use verb
> "scavenge" in the phrase about detaching one part of the software from
> another? for example like this: "when Internet Explorer will be
> scavenged from Windows"?
No, I've never heard "to scavenge" used in that way. It is normally used
to describe birds or other animals feeding on carrion (animals already
killed by some other predator). By analogy, it is sometimes used for the
removing of (parts from) equipment discarded by other parties, in order
to re-use them.
Cheers
Tony
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