Dictionary of the Internet - Hardcover

Ince, Darrel

9780192802866: Dictionary of the Internet

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ISBN 10: 0192802860 ISBN 13: 9780192802866

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2002

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A blizzard of new words and phrases, from "bookmark portal" and "cookie poisoning" to "script kiddie" and "viral marketing," have been created by the explosive growth of the Internet.
Now, in Dictionary of the Internet, Darrel Ince defines more than 4,000 terms from the Web, software technology, jargon, e commerce, security, and the technical and organizational infrastructure of the Internet. Ince includes definitions of basic terms, such as "usenet" or "web server" as well as many entries on the colorful jargon of the computer world, such as "Vannevar" or "grey bar land." A free CD-ROM included with the book contains the full dictionary entries in a browsable format with hyperlinks between entries, and links to relevant web sites. The dictionary will be supported by its own web site with updates.
Whether you are a "weasel" (an inexperienced user) or a "webhead," here is an essential reference work, filled with up-to-date information.

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About the Author

Darrel Ince is Professor of Computing at the Open University, in the UK.

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The author of a number of programming manuals, Ince (computing, Open Univ., UK) here defines over 4000 Internet-related terms. The print dictionary is supplemented both by a companion web site and an included CD-ROM (not seen), which contains the text of the book in browsable format (with hyperlinks to more information online). These associated resources should help alleviate some of the difficulties in producing an up-to-date printed compilation of Internet terminology. Some outdated information, however, should have been caught before publication; Ince defines DejaNews, for example, without noting that Deja.com's Usenet service and archive were acquired and subsumed by Google in February 2001. Appendixes clarify popular online abbreviations and emoticons (although the emoticon section seems somewhat brief) and provide a list of two-letter country codes. Some minor inconsistencies plague this otherwise useful dictionary; abbreviations, for example, have fairly consistent See references to full definitions under the terms to which they refer, while definitions of the full terms may or may not include the associated abbreviation. The title is somewhat narrower in scope than other similar works, such as Dictionary of Computer & Internet Terms (Barrons, 2000. 7th ed.), but this allows more comprehensive attention to relevant terms, from jargon and acronyms to basic terminology to more obscure items. Definitions of most terms can be found at freely accessible online resources such as the Free Online Dictionary of Computing (www.foldoc.org), so this book is recommended for both public and academic libraries where a print resource is needed to supplement online content or where the sometimes more thorough definitions in this title may be useful. Rachel Singer Gordon, Franklin Park P.L., IL
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