World Dictionary of Computer Terms

By Merriam-Webster

Book Overview

This "user-friendly" guide to computer language, completely updated with material especially geared to the needs of personal computer users, provides clear, jargon-free definitions for 2,500 terms. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671468669
• ISBN13: 9780671468668
• Release Date: January 1983
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 10.00 lbs.

Customer Reviews

The best general computer science dictionary on the market.

The fifth edition is now old (1994). However, a new edition is due out September, 1997. I own about 10 or so general "computer dictionaries." When I look up terms in Webster's, they are usually listed. However, when I search in the other dictionaries, the terms are usually NOT listed. Unfortunately, this book does not enjoy the widespread readership it deserves. I hope more distributers will carry and promote this reference book. After all, computer science is a major industry and major component of our infrastructure in the USA. I have been a computer programmer and now work as a senior software/systems engineer. I have been in the field of computer science for 17 years.