URLOESCHEN is definetely no German word, it could simply be "löschen"

Hi Nancy,

The whole text does not make any sense and is probably a very bad translation for some language into German.

However I think "Urlöschen" means reboot in this case. (That's the only way to delete unwanted content from the RAM).

Cheers
Claudia

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Note added at 2002-01-02 18:15:35 (GMT)
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You should also ask your client what they mean by \"When the battery is inserted when the unit is off\". I\'m sure this should be \"When the battery is inserted when the unit is on\". Nothing should happen when you insert a battery into a switched off unit.

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Note added at 2002-01-02 18:55:10 (GMT)
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RAM means Random Access Memory. This is NOT an medium but a socalled volatile Memory that is erased when you reboot the system. There is no way to format RAM or to delete content otherwise. I suppose this is about a handheld computer where battery changes can produce RAM errors.

I agree that it probablz should be löschen = erase/clear

According to Eurodicautum:
1)to remove data from a data medium leaving the medium available for recording new data;2)to obliterate stored data by returning the state of a storage cell to a uniform null condition;3)to replace all the binary digits in a storage device by binary zeros
(1)
TERM to erase

Usually deletion procedures on any kind of digital storage medium only makes the file allocation tabel unreadable, whereby the data is no longer accessible.
With "Urlöschen" (an invention) the author means the total removal of all data from the storage device, which can only be achieved by reformatting the memory.

When I remove the back-up battery from my ham radio, it will reset the stored channels.