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english question :)

Posted: Sun Oct 10, 2010 8:40 pm
by Servatis
I'm looking for a word but I can't really find it since I get different results on different translators :P

I'm looking for the word for the place/box in which you can control the power for a building. like shut circuits off or turn them on. also they hold the fuses etc.

now I'm pretty sure it's not a fusebox(a bit too general of a term), I came across this one "main circuit breaker" but I'm not sure.. what word would the English speaking people use for this?

Re: english question :)

Posted: Sun Oct 10, 2010 8:44 pm
by Pumaxcs
"Main circut breaker" sounds right to me.

Re: english question :)

Posted: Sun Oct 10, 2010 8:59 pm
by Servatis
awesome. thanks.

In case you're wondering why i would be looking for that word. I'm currently creating a text adventure game for my c++ class. It's not very advanced but it's turning out pretty good :).
started Friday and it has to be finished next Friday so it's can't be that big :)..
I'll post it up here when it's finished if any of you guys are interested. hopefully before next Friday so I can use you people as guinea pigs :P

I'll post any other English questions here if I have any..

Re: english question :)

Posted: Sun Oct 10, 2010 9:32 pm
by mxbiker
were do you go to school?

Re: english question :)

Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 4:12 am
by Goardy
i've always just called those fuseboxes

Re: english question :)

Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 5:05 am
by Phathry25
Goardy wrote:i've always just called those fuseboxes
x2

Re: english question :)

Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 6:59 am
by Blitz
Phathry25 wrote:
Goardy wrote:i've always just called those fuseboxes
x2
x3

Re: english question :)

Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 7:20 am
by T-RIDER
Blitz wrote:
Phathry25 wrote:
Goardy wrote:i've always just called those fuseboxes
x2
x3
If it's any use my father is an electrician and x4

Re: english question :)

Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 7:41 am
by Servatis
mxbiker wrote:were do you go to school?
Arnhem, Rijnijssel college.


ok.. so 1vs4, i'm going with fusebox then hehe, thanks guys

Re: english question :)

Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 10:21 am
by 02CRF450R
I agree with you all, the irony being that fuseboxes dont have actual fuses in them any more. At least any installed in the last 20 years.

Re: english question :)

Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 3:24 pm
by Pumaxcs
Well. I use fusebox too but I thought you said you wanted something more specific. So, 0vs5 actually.

Re: english question :)

Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 4:08 pm
by cpt_Slow
Fuse boxes are old school here in UK, most places use circuit breakers (MCBs or RCDs). These when combined into a control panel in your average house/ small building etc would be called a consumer unit or breaker unit if you want to be more general. For a large factory then it could be called a distribution board, or again a breaker unit.

Hope that helps. I'd go for breaker unit personally.

Re: english question :)

Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2010 4:40 pm
by Voutare
Breaker box, Circuit Breaker box, Fuse box.

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Are you talking about those? Because any of those would work.

Re: english question :)

Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 1:56 pm
by Servatis
ok, so I had to rush it a little bit, so the looks of it aren't the best(some words get cut in 2 by the console etc.) and i tried to keep the amount of text down. The functionality of the code is the most important thing .

anyway if any of you want to give it a go here it is.

if you want, post any bugs you find here. and also the time you finished with, if you finished. :)

Re: english question :)

Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 2:04 pm
by Servatis
sorry for double post.

in case you are wondering, no I'm not using a parser. I kept the functionality simple since i only had 1 week to program it. So i just compare text 1 on 1.

btw. if you dont know what a parser is. A parser allows for a sentence to be dismantled and understood by an application on a word to word basis. example: "look out of window", would be the same as "look window" or "look through window". if the parser picks op look and window.