Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Vorschaltmaske
English translation:
input mask
German term
United Kingdom
Vorschaltmaske
This term appears in a user guide for an HR computer programme:
'Die sogenannte Vorschaltmaske fragt bestimmte Informationen ab, die anschließend im Schreiben berücksichtigt werden.'
I would be grateful for any suggestions.
| 3 +1 | input mask |
Uta Kappler
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| 3 | front-end form |
Simon Willmott
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| 3 | preceding input mask |
Susanne Creak
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| 2 | interrupt mask |
Zareh Darakjian Ph.D.
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| 2 | initial screen |
Oliver_F
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Oct 13, 2011 15:31: Steffen Walter changed "Field (specific)" from "IT (Information Technology)" to "Computers: Software"
Jan 9, 2012 18:41: Uta Kappler Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
United States
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Native in: German (Variant: Germany) 
Works in: English to German, German, German to English
input mask
An input mask is sometimes called "field template" http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/access-help/about-creating...
United States
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Native in: English 
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interrupt mask
http://www.answers.com/topic/interrupt-mask
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Note added at 19 mins (2011-10-13 13:27:19 GMT)
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http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/12_4t/12_4t2/intrnask.ht...
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Note added at 22 mins (2011-10-13 13:30:22 GMT)
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http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/12_4t/12_4t2/intrnask.ht...
The Process **Interrupt Mask** Profiler Enhancement feature collects information about processes that have masked interrupts. This feature is useful in identifying how many times a process has masked interrupts and how much time a process has spent in an interrupt masked state since the profiling was enabled.
History for the Process Interrupt Mask Profiler Enhancement Feature
Release
Modification
12.4(2)T
This feature was introduced.
United Kingdom
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front-end form
Australia
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Native in: German
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preceding input mask
"Vorschaltmaske" seems not a very common term for this, maybe "vorgestellte Eingabemaske" is what they are trying to say. I would leave off the "sogenannte" and just say "The preceding input mask requires certain data to be entered which...". If you do want to give it a "so-called" name, maybe "pre-connected input mask" would be an option (although I can't support this suggestion with any references). I found one PDF (below) in which "preceding input mask" was used in a similar context.
initial screen
Just a guess though...
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