Dear DontLook,
Though I respect your views..but..here are my observations..
Well to any IT guy, it is not a stupid word but a process without which you will never know what has changed...in your records...and will never get the right stats....
I suggest that please carry this debate on words from here to these links where they are already debating this...
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Transwiki:Updation
http://evolvingenglish.blogspot.com/2005/10/updation-celebration.html
http://www.sourcetext.com/grammarian/less-than-words-can-say/16.htm
http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1143271&page=1
http://lists.techwr-l.com/pipermail/techwr-l/2006-October/009868.html
http://www.offthekuff.com/mt/archives/005328.html
http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:qH_J6kTPhdsJ:www.csse.monash.edu.au/~torsten/ug/less/les
s.html+updation+WORD&hl=en&gl=in&ct=clnk&cd=43&client=firefox-a
http://www.vsubhash.com/die.asp?word=updation
http://www.languagehat.com/archives/000645.php
Let this forum be for our affiliate queries...
Regards,
Rajan
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