How to say "hid" in Japanese
Choosing the right word
- HIDエイチ・アイ・ディーnounNot the past tense of 'hide'; it names a human interface device, a computer input device class, using the abbreviation. Use in technical contexts about USB keyboards, mice, and similar peripherals.
- nounThe full term for a human interface device, written out rather than abbreviated. It also has nothing to do with the past tense of 'hide' and appears in technical discussions of input devices.
Neither entry translates the past tense 'hid' (hide); both are technical names for a computer peripheral class, HID, differing only in full term versus abbreviation.
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Japanese equivalents
- HIDエイチ・アイ・ディーhuman interface device
- ヒューマンインターフェースデバイスhuman interface device


