DICTIONARY OF COMPUTER AND INTERNET TERMS 8th Edition Douglas Downing, Ph.D. Michael Covington, Ph.D. Melody M. Covington

Computer technology is constantly developing, which is why this title has been revised once again. The brand new edition keeps pace with new terms and technology, and has been expanded to include more than 2,000 alphabetically arranged computer-related terms and definitions. They emphasize what they call the “human side” of computing, explaining terms as well as defining them in clear non-technical language wherever possible. Filled with enlightening illustrations, diagrams, and tables. The New York Times called this dictionary's previous edition "...a book that belongs on the desk of every computer enthusiast."

Sample Entry: DATA COMPRESSION the storage of data in a way that makes it occupy less space than if it were stored in its original form. For example, long sequences of repeated characters can be replaced with short codes that mean "The following character is repeated 35 times," or the like. A more thorough form of data compression involves using codes of different lengths for different character sequences so that the most common sequences take up less space. Most text files can be compressed to about half their normal size. Digitized images can often be compressed to 10 percent of their original size (or even more if some loss of fine detail can be tolerated), but machine-language programs sometimes cannot be compressed at all because they contain no recurrent patterns. See also ZIP FILE; STUFFIT; PCX; JPEG; MPEG.

About the Series: Each of these very useful and up-to-date quick reference dictionaries lists and defines several thousand specialized terms alphabetically. Business students, business professionals, and savvy consumers will find a wealth of information in these volumes.

Paperback / 592 Pages / 4 1/2 x 7 / 2003

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