Computing: A Hacker's Dictionary - Softcover

Beard, Henry; McKie, Roy

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9780761117742: Computing: A Hacker's Dictionary
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0761117741 ISBN 13: 9780761117742
Publisher: Workman Pub Co, 1999

Synopsis

Humorous entries define such computer terms as bandwith, chat room, DOS, hacker, memory, operating system, RAM, spell-check, UNIVAC, and voice-mail

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About the Author

Henry Beard is the author of Sailing and the other well-defined dictionaries, as well as Zen for Cats, The Official Exceptions to the Rules of Golf, and The Official Politically Correct Dictionary. He is the original editor of the National Lampoon.

Roy McKie illustrated Sailing and the other well-defined dictionaries. He also illustrated many Dr. Seuss Beginner books, which have over 20 million copies in print.

From the Back Cover

Bit, bomb, Boolean logic & the pleasures of multitasking.

A lexicon bringing new meaning to cyberspace.

INCLUDING:

Address. The specific place in a computer's memory where a particular item of data has been lost.

Hardware. Any portion of a computer system that you can actually smack, thump, slam, punch, bash, whack, or clobber.

Nerd. A geek with stock options.

Web browser. An Internet navigation program that gives computer users instant access to more than one billion advertisements.

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Arrow keys
A set of four keys that move the cursor too far up, too far down, too far left, or too far right.

Backup copy
A missing disk or tape that contains lost data.

Bug
An unplanned troublesome characteristic of a program, as opposed to an irritating feature that was consciously designed or deliberately included.

Chat room
Online forum which, in a miracle of modern Internet communications, permits many users at widely separated locations often hundreds or even thousands of miles apart to simultaneously bore each other to death.

Page break
The point at which text in a word-processing program flows over to a new page, which occurs right after a heading or title, or halfway through a short list, or in the middle of a word, or just before the last line of a quote.

Search engine
A program that helps you locate something on the Internet by reducing the number of possible locations where it can be found from 4 million to 50,000.

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Publisher
Workman Pub Co
Publication date
1999
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0761117741
ISBN 13 
9780761117742
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
109
Rating
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