Ser o estar en informática: estados vs. características

Mini-quiz: ser/estar con adjetivos para hablar de estados del sistema y características permanentes.

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Programming Adjectives Verbs

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es estable está caído es seguro está lento ser vs estar

Completa: El servidor ____ caído desde las 7:00.

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Hints for this Quiz

Think: "current state" → estar.

Temporary state of the system (it’s not working right now) → we use "estar". Rule of thumb: ser = characteristics, estar = states/location.

"sure / certain" (a personal state) → estar.

"Estar seguro" = "to be sure/certain". "Ser seguro" = "to be safe/reliable" (about a thing/place).

"Release characteristics" are more often described with ser.

We’re talking about the properties of the release as characteristics → "ser". In general: ser = the nature of a thing (estable/segura), estar = temporary state. Compare with the "ser/estar" examples in the rules and the pair "ser seguro / estar seguro".

"now/today" → state → estar.

Here "lenta" refers to "today’s" state, not a permanent property → "estar". General rule: ser = characteristics, estar = states.

System downtime is a state, not an inherent characteristic.

For "caído" (down, has crashed) we use "estar" for a state. In tech talk they also say "se ha colgado / se ha petado" for crashes, which also highlights that it’s a state.

Patient → "estar estable"; release → "ser estable".

For a patient’s health we say "estar estable" (state). For a release/version as a property we say "ser estable". Rule: ser = essential characteristic, estar = state at a given moment.

First part = characteristic of an object (ser); second part = your current state (estar).

"Ser seguro" about a thing = "safe/reliable"; "estar seguro" about a person = "to be sure/certain". This contrast in meaning is explained in detail in the rules.

"Ahora mismo" = temporary → estar.

We’re talking about the current performance state → "estar". For a permanent characteristic we’d say "son lentas", but here we have "ahora mismo".