Word list — U
unarchive
Section titled “unarchive”Verdict: avoid
Unarchive isn’t a valid word. Use extract for pulling files out of an archive.
- Replacements: extract
uncompress
Section titled “uncompress”Verdict: avoid
Use extract for recovering files from a compressed archive.
- Replacements: extract
undelete
Section titled “undelete”Verdict: avoid
Describe the action of restoring or recovering the item instead.
Verdict: restricted
Under for a version or release is spatial and vague. Use earlier for the relationship based on time.
- Replacements: earlier
Unicode
Section titled “Unicode”Verdict: style
Capitalize the U only.
Unix epoch time
Section titled “Unix epoch time”Verdict: acceptable
The standard name for the count of seconds since the epoch, which is clear to developers.
Unix-like
Section titled “Unix-like”Verdict: style
Use Unix-like for systems that resemble Unix. Capitalize Unix and include the hyphen.
unmark
Section titled “unmark”Verdict: avoid
Use clear for removing a mark or selection.
- Replacements: clear
Verdict: acceptable
Use unpin for detaching a pinned item.
unselect
Section titled “unselect”Verdict: avoid
Use clear or deselect instead.
- Replacements: clear, deselect
upgrade
Section titled “upgrade”Verdict: restricted
Only use upgrade for replacing an installed version with a newer one. This distinguishes upgrades from plain updates and service packs.
- Replacements: update