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A How-to is a recipe or procedure of several steps to accomplish something.

Computers

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It is common practice to write the phrase as "HOWTO" in the open-source community.[1] This is consistent with the traditional naming scheme for technical documentation, such as FAQ and README. Another possible reason is that this makes it easier to find a how-to in search engines like Google as searching with the words "to" and "how" does not necessarily deliver relevant search results.[2]

Theoretical how-tos

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Def. a "brief informal description of how to accomplish a specific task"[3] is called a how-to.

Def. "an informal, often short, description of how to accomplish some specific task"[4] is called a how-to.

Hypotheses

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  1. A "how-to" can describe the steps needed to wrap a package or build a space shuttle.

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ List of Linux HowTos, tldp.org
  2. ↑ As of 2009 A Google search for "How To" results in a comprehensive list of HowTo sites. It seems this has changed throughout the years. In the 1990s and early years of 2000, it was common for search engines to ignore these words, and even to notify the user that these words are too common for giving a comprehensive result. Currently, the Google features web page says: Google ignores common words and characters such as where, the, how, and other digits and letters that slow down your search without improving the results. If a common word is essential to getting the results you want, you can make sure we pay attention to it by putting a "+" sign in front of it."
  3. ↑ 82.28.153.207 (29 September 2016). "how-to". San Francisco, California: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Retrieved 2 July 2019. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  4. ↑ Lee Daniel Crocker (24 April 2002). "How-to". San Francisco, California: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Retrieved 2 July 2019. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
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