Dictionary of Acronyms and Technical Abbreviations, 2nd Edition

Title: Dictionary of Acronyms and Technical Abbreviations, 2nd Edition
Author: Jakob Vlietstra
ISBN: 1852333979 / 9781852333973
Format: Hard Cover
Pages: 696
Publisher: Springer Verlag
Year: 2001
Availability: Out of Stock

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This dictionary is a collection of technical abbreviations and acronyms used in information and communication technologies and other industrial activities. All too often acronyms are used in industries, institutes, organizations and universities, without any indication as to what they stand for.

Aresa covered by this dictionary include:

• Information and Communication Technology (ICT), including hardware and software;
• Information networks, including the Internet and the World Wide Web;
• Automatic Control;
• ICT-related Computer-Aided techniques and activities

Apart from the technical terms this dictionary also lists abbreviated names of relevant organizations, conferences, symposia and workshops. This reference book is important for all practitioners and users in the areas mentioned above.

The second edition contains over 33,000 items, with 10,000 new acronyms, and the removal of old and irrelevant acronyms it will prove invaluable to everyone working in an IT-related field.