Compact American Dictionary of Computer Words
Browse the Compact American Dictionary of Computer Words before you browse the Internet. This book is excellent for precise, thorough definitions for the core vocabulary of today's technology. Whether you use a PC or a Mac, you will find everything you need here in order to understand hardware, software, and netiquette.
• Precise, easy-to-understand definitions
• Extensive cross-references that connect related concepts
• Abbreviations, acronyms, and trademarks defined and explained
• Tables and illustrations

Dictionary of Communications Technology: Terms, Definitions and Abbreviations, Wiley
Here is an invaluable one-stop reference for IS professionals, consultants and engineers. Wider ranging than a conventional dictionary, it enables you to check exact specifications, definitions, characteristics, options, relay diagrams, paths, alignments, sources, codes, events, tables, sequences, tradenames, methods, and numerous other vital facts that can spell disaster if misinterpreted or incorrectly specified.
In an area of technology where so many things can go wrong, this bestselling reference encourages maximum accuracy. Join the thousands already using this essential tool.

Dictionary of Engineering Terms, Butterworth-Heinemann
A comprehensive dictionary of terms for engineering students containing over 1200 entries, Dictionary of Engineering Terms, Butterworth-Heinemann covers the areas of engineering science, electrical and electronic engineering, workshop practices and mechanical engineering. It has been designed for students at various levels of study up to and including higher technicians, both Edexcel and graduate.
Each entry is defined in plain English and the text is highly illustrated to further aid understanding.
• over 1200 entries, from absolute zero and actuator to zener diode and zinc
• each entry defined in plain English
• highly illustrated
• handy pocket size

Dictionary of Multimedia and Internet Applications: A Guide for Developers and Users
The one-stop reference for developers and users
• Over 2,500 references and 35 illustrations
• Explains new and emerging technologies
• Bridges the gap between definition and explanation
• Provides useful tradename information
• In-depth entries illuminate specific topics
Entries of particular interest are: JPEG, MIDI and Web.

Dictionary of Personal Computing and the Internet, Peter Collin Publishing
This comprehensive dictionary covers all aspects of personal computing and the Internet. It includes the jargon and features you will find in Microsoft Windows, PC hardware and software, and on the Internet.
When using the Internet, this dictionary will help you understand the terms that you will encounter. It provides clear definitions of the terms used in the latest developments in website design, electronic mail, newsgroups, web servers, WAP and GPRS mobile access, modems, cable and ADSL technology, databases, video transmission and programming techniques.

Focal Dictionary of Telecommunications, Focal Press
A Technical Manager for Nortel Networks, Fraidoon Mazda has held various senior technical posts within the electronics and telecommunications industries. He is editor of the Telecommunications Engineer's Reference Book, now in its second edition, and has also edited a series of eight pocketbooks derived from this major work.
Since obtaining his PhD from Cambridge University, Dr. Xerxes Mazda has worked at the Science Museum, London, in various research and management positions. He is currently the Associate Curator of Communications.
The Focal Illustrated Dictionary of Telecommunications:
• is written by experts with specialist knowledge
• contains essential data for on-the-job use
• includes over 6,000 terms, definitions and acronyms, from attenuation and Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line to X Series and zero bit insertion
• has over 350 line drawings
• is the most comprehensive source of its nature

Hargrave's Communications Dictionary, Wiley
Are you sometimes overwhelmed by the overabundance of jargon encountered in technical books and articles? Hargrave's Communications Dictionary is a treasure of simplified communications terms, definitions, acronyms, charts, equations, and a wealth of related information amassed over the author's extensive engineering career. From ATM to Zone Paging, this volume includes over ten thousand definitions of key phrases that readers in industry, government, and academia need to understand.
Many definitions incorporate basic tools for problem solving not found in other publications - such as drawings, graphs and charts. Real-world examples associated with voice and data communications are also included, as well as terminology from peripheral disciplines, including optics, computer science, data networks, and the Internet.

Newnes Dictionary of Electronics, Newnes
The Newnes Dictionary of Electronics, Newnes has become an essential item on the bookshelves of electronics engineers, managers, technicians, students and enthusiasts. The definitions are clear and concise, supported by numerous illustrations and circuit diagrams, and the book itself is compact and durable - ideal for the lab.
Modern electronics is beset with acronyms and abbreviations, and these are often a foreign language, not only to the layman, but to anyone who is not a specialist in the particular subject. For this reason the fourth edition of Newnes Dictionary of Electronics, Newnes includes a substantial new section devoted to these terms.

Webster's New World™ Computer Dictionary
Whether you're a computer novice or a computer professional, Webster's New World™ Computer Dictionary is one of the most useful references you can buy.
It gives you clear and concise definitions for more than 4,750 up-to-date computer terms, including 250 that are completely new to this edition.
You'll find current coverage of the latest standards and protocols in storage, memory, peripherals, and more-plus updated and expanded information on computer security, legislation, and computer and Internet technology. Cross-referencing throughout directs you effortlessly to related terms and concepts that help you understand more about a given subject and put it into a larger context.|
From using e-mail and going on the Internet (attachment, computer virus, cookie, shopping cart) to buying or upgrading a computer (Ethernet, G4, SDRAM) to boning up on terminology for a computer industry job (Advanced Encryption Standard, timecode editing, virtual private network), this invaluable resource gives you instant flip-and-find access to the information you need-from A (applet) to Z (zip drive).