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system clutter

German translation: Datenmüll

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English term or phrase:system clutter
German translation:Datenmüll
Entered by: Simon Kramer

09:21 Jul 2, 2008
English to German translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - IT (Information Technology)
English term or phrase: system clutter
Es geht um automatisierte Vorgänge zur Pflege des Computers

The following tasks can be automated:
Automatically clean up excessive ***system clutter***.
With regular usage, temporary files and other unneded debris accumulate.
It is recommended that excessive amounts of ***system clutter*** be deleted to reclaim disk space and speed overall processing.

Danke
Simon Kramer
Italy
Local time: 02:32
Datenmüll
Explanation:
http://archiv.chip.de/artikel/Tuning-fuer-Windows-XP-3_archi...

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Note added at 1 Stunde (2008-07-02 10:42:53 GMT)
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Vielleicht besser:

Datenleichen

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Note added at 1 Tag22 Stunden (2008-07-04 08:16:31 GMT) Post-grading
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Kollektiven Dank!
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Aniello Scognamiglio (X)
Germany
Local time: 02:32
Grading comment
Vielen Dank
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +6Datenmüll
Aniello Scognamiglio (X)
4Dateimüll
Tilman Heckel
4 -1Dateifragmentierung
Alexander Schleber (X)


Discussion entries: 4





  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Dateimüll


Explanation:
Google mal nach „Dateimüll“ :-)
Oder, etwas sachlicher „nicht mehr benötigte (System-)Dateien“.

Tilman Heckel
Germany
Local time: 02:32
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 60

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Aniello Scognamiglio (X): Ich habe "*Daten*müll" vorgeschlagen, da nicht nur Dateien gemeint sein dürften.
18 mins
  -> Was denn (im angegebenen Kontext) sonst noch? In dem von dir zitierten Link geht es auch explizit um das Löschen von überflüssigen temporären Dateien. – Allerdings ist die Übersetzung mit „Datenmüll“ hier bestimmt auch nicht falsch.
neutral  Irene Schlotter, Dipl.-Übers.: Es gibt sehr wohl einen Unterschied: Durch Erstellen+anschließendes Verschieben von Dateien bleiben z. B. Restdaten auf d. Platte erhalten, die zwar nicht stören, aber Platz rauben+die Plattenfragmentierung steigern. Dabei geht es um Daten, nicht Dateien.
2 hrs
  -> Yup, aber im angegebenen Kontext geht es eindeutig um das Löschen von nicht mehr benötigten (z.B. temporären) Dateien, aber nicht ausdrücklich auch darüber hinaus um Defragmentierung. Das sind zwei Paar Stiefel.
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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
Dateifragmentierung


Explanation:
"system clutter" usually means that the harddisk is highly fragmented. Simply removing unnecessary files does not improve this fragmentation, which slows down a computer. Packing does recombine files sequentially. Both measures, removing "Dateimüll" and packing would be best.



Alexander Schleber (X)
Belgium
Local time: 02:32
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 105

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Tilman Heckel: Inhaltlich hast du zwar recht, aber vom Kontext passt das hier m. E. nicht.
9 mins
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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
Datenmüll


Explanation:
http://archiv.chip.de/artikel/Tuning-fuer-Windows-XP-3_archi...

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Note added at 1 Stunde (2008-07-02 10:42:53 GMT)
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Vielleicht besser:

Datenleichen

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Note added at 1 Tag22 Stunden (2008-07-04 08:16:31 GMT) Post-grading
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Kollektiven Dank!

Aniello Scognamiglio (X)
Germany
Local time: 02:32
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 597
Grading comment
Vielen Dank

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rolf Kern: Datenmüll
1 hr
agree  Steffen Walter: Datenmüll
1 hr
agree  Irene Schlotter, Dipl.-Übers.: Absolut: Datenmüll.
1 hr
agree  KatharinaV
2 hrs
agree  Konrad Schultz: Datenmüll; Datenleichen kenne ich nicht, Dateileichen ist weniger
3 hrs
agree  Kay Barbara: Datenmüll
4 hrs
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