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A dictionary of computing.
- Title
- A dictionary of computing.
- Publication
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | QA76.15 .D526 2008 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 567 pages; 20 cm.
- Summary
- In the quickly changing world of computing, staying current is essential. The Dictionary of Computing has been fully revised by a team of computer specialists, making it the most up-to-date and authoritative guide to computing on the market today. With expanded coverage of networking and databases, addition of biographical entries, and feature spreads on key topics such as XML, it is a comprehensive reference work containing over 6,500 entries that is as useful for home and office users as it is indispensable for students of computing. This edition now features recommended web links for many entries, found on the regularly updated Dictionary of Computing companion website, which provides further valuable and up-to-date information. The Dictionary offers wide coverage of computer terms in industry, school, work, education, and the home, including the Internet, multimedia, networks and databases, and security. Terms are defined in a clear and concise manner with helpful examples where relevant. This dictionary is ideal not only for students of computing but for those studying the related fields of IT, mathematics, physics, media communications, electronic engineering, and natural sciences. - Publisher.
- Series Statement
- Oxford paperback reference
- Uniform Title
- Dictionary of computing (Oxford University Press)
- Oxford paperback reference.
- Alternative Title
- Oxford dictionary of computing
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- dictionaries.
- Dictionaries
- Dictionaries.
- Dictionnaires.
- Note
- General editors: John Daintith and Edmund Wright.
- Earlier edition published 2004.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes Web resources.
- Contents
- Guide to the dictionary -- A dictionary of computing -- Computer graphics (feature) -- The anatomy of an internet address (feature) -- Object-oriented programming (feature) -- Quantum computing (feature) -- SQL (feature) -- XML (feature) -- Appendices -- Generic domain names -- Country-code domain names -- File extensions -- Character set -- Greek alphabet -- Chronology -- Useful web sites.
- ISBN
- 9780199234004
- 0199234000
- 9780199234011
- 0199234019
- 0198608772
- 9780198608776
- 9780191726576
- 0191726575
- LCCN
- 2008030048
- OCLC
- ocn226280243
- 226280243
- SCSB-14617691
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library