What's the meaning of 'name interpreter' in this context? And what about 'alters'?
It combines the ease of interacting with a graphical representation of a network when reporting on the network structure with the possibility to ask name interpreter questions about all alters at once.

This is a sentence from a paper I'm reading. However, I don't know what's name interpreter or alters. I've looked them up but got nothing. I can guess that the former refers to those who answer the questions (perhaps in a questionnaire). But what about alters? Any help will be appreciated:)

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What's the meaning of 'name interpreter' in this context? And what about 'alters'?
It combines the ease of interacting with a graphical representation of a network when reporting on the network structure with the possibility to ask name interpreter questions about all alters at once.

This is a sentence from a paper I'm reading. However, I don't know what's name interpreter or alters. I've looked them up but got nothing. I can guess that the former refers to those who answer the questions (perhaps in a questionnaire). But what about alters? Any help will be appreciated:)

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It sounds like the person who wrote this sentence is an English learner themselves. It is not a good or clear sentence. I wish I could help but I am honestly am not sure what it means.

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Sounds like "name interpreter" could be the name of anyone... Say for example, the name of the interpreter is Bob. The sentence would be:

It combines the ease of interacting with a graphical representation of a network, when reporting on the network structure, with the possibility to ask Bob questions about all alters at once.

Alters can mean changes... or alternatives.

That's just my idea of what it could be.

Good luck!

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I don't really know enough about IT to say for sure, but it seems like a computer program interprets "names" as locations on a network. "Alters" probably refers to alternate names or aliases. Hopefully, someone who speaks fluent "tech" will answer.

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