Invisible wrote:
> Also: "transparent" is an adjective. But what the hell is 
> "transparency"? 

If it's plural, or can be made plural, or can be made possessive, it's a 
noun.  (Forget that "person place or thing" nonsense.)

If it can be conjugated, it's a verb. (Forget that "action word" nonsense.)

Hence, a transparency as in a clear sheet of plastic can be pluralized, and 
is hence a noun. Transparency as in the property of a substance can be made 
possessive: "The transparency's quality is low in this glass."

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   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   "We'd like you to back-port all the changes in 2.0
    back to version 1.0."
   "We've done that already. We call it 2.0."

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