Dictionary of Computing

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THE COLLINS DICTIONARY OF COMPUTING is aimed primarily at those using microcomputers as a tool — whether it be at university, school or college, or in the home or office — rather than the professional computer expert. The Dictionary will also prove invaluable to anyone whose work is related in any way to computers, be they micro, mini or mainframe.
Far too many computer manuals assume that even the beginner knows the meaning of a vast array of specialized jargon, leaving the user in a state of near despair. Although not a handbook to particular machines, the Collins Dictionary of Computing contains definitions and explanations of over 2,000 of the terms that the average user is most likely to come across, from access to zero compression. Written with a clarity and precision that will be welcomed by all computer users, the entries are augmented by nearly 100 diagrams and explanatory captions.
Comprehensive without indulging in unnecessary padding, and of course right up-to-date,... Tovább

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THE COLLINS DICTIONARY OF COMPUTING is aimed primarily at those using microcomputers as a tool — whether it be at university, school or college, or in the home or office — rather than the professional computer expert. The Dictionary will also prove invaluable to anyone whose work is related in any way to computers, be they micro, mini or mainframe.
Far too many computer manuals assume that even the beginner knows the meaning of a vast array of specialized jargon, leaving the user in a state of near despair. Although not a handbook to particular machines, the Collins Dictionary of Computing contains definitions and explanations of over 2,000 of the terms that the average user is most likely to come across, from access to zero compression. Written with a clarity and precision that will be welcomed by all computer users, the entries are augmented by nearly 100 diagrams and explanatory captions.
Comprehensive without indulging in unnecessary padding, and of course right up-to-date, the Dictionary includes such fundamental terms as BASIC, bit and binary, as well as those strange terms that computer buffs have made peculiarly their own, such as blow, bomb and bubble. Fields covered range through hardware, software, programming, computer logic, data and word processing, languages, systems, and graphics, to those areas of information technology in which computers play such a vital role.
Ian R. Sinclair, a full-time technical author, has written numerous best-selling computer books for Collins, and is also author of the Collins Dictionary of Electronics. Vissza