Dictionary of Computer Acronyms and Abbreviations: Plus File Name Extensions (Words R Us Computer Dictionaries) (Volume 2) - 2016
This Companion Volume to our Dictionary of Computer and Internet Terms (Vol.2) – Dictionary of Computer Acronyms and Abbreviations, has 4,300 terms. It also includes a section on file name extensions with 38,000 entries showing the most commonly used extensions and their association with various software systems.
Dictionary of Computer and Internet Terms: Volume 1 (Words R Us Computer Dictionaries) - 2016
This dictionary contains over 32,000 terms that are specific to Computers and the Internet. Each term includes a definition / description. With more than 750 pages, this dictionary is one of the most comprehensive resources available.
The story of how American Sign Language (ASL) came to be is almost mythic. In the early 19th century, a hearing American reverend, Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, met a Deaf French educator, Laurent Clerc, who agreed to come to the United States and help establish the first school in America to use sign language to teach deaf children.
This dictionary contains multiple definitions for each entry and an appendix of geographical names. It also contains English pronunciations. This dictionary is useful to the travellers, businesspeople and students.
The Concise Companion to the English Language is a language lover’s dream. Tom McArthur unveils a thousand-page cornucopia covering virtually every aspect of the English language as well as language in general. He covers a variety of topics, from Abbreviations to split infinitives, and includes substantial entries on key subjects such as African English, etymology, Pidgin, poetry, sexism, and slang. In addition, the Companion provides bibliographies for the larger entries, generous cross-referencing, etymologies for headwords, a chronology of English from Roman times to 1990, and an index of peopple who appear in entries or bibliographies.