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Like it or not, abbreviations and acronyms are now an essential ingredient of everyday life. Since the first edition of The Wordsworth Dictionary of Abbreviations & Acronyms was published in mid-1997, the compilers have been diligently collecting further examples from many walks of life - including, for example, such gems as DISH: Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis (the result of eating too much protein which causes the vertebrae to fuse, aka Friar Tuck syndrome), GROLIES: Guardian Readers Of Limited Intelligence in Ethnic Skirts, IYDLAOTMTFOAHABM: If You Don't Like Anything On The Menu, Then F*** Off And Have A Big Mac (seen at 'The Talkhouse', Stanton St.John, Oxford), and ROMP: Radical Office Movement Policy (at Pearl Assurance, where moving from one desk to another is alleged to reduce clutter). ... Read more

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This updated edition of the dictionary now contains over 3000 terms. There are several new features, including: in-depth treatment of Internet technologies such as JavaScript, SML, HTML 4.0; analysis of new video codecs such as DVD, MPEG-2, VRML, Dolby Audio; new bus architectures and operating systems; updated treatment of new hardware; JAVA programming references. ... Read more

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This enlarged and expanded edition is designed to be a valuable resource for librarians and users of information sources, clarifying the bewidering number of new acronyms that appear every year in the information science field. Nearly 30,000 acronyms in 35 languages are listed. As libraries are to a large extent interdisciplinary, the dictionary covers language forms used in computers, publishing, printing, archive management, journalism and reprography, as well as in the library and information science fields Acronyms reproduced here represent institutions, library and information systems, programming languages and publication titles from around the world. ... Read more

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Written for the professional and the layman, the book provides the meanings of important and interesting acronyms in the broad area of computing and information science and technology. The acronyms and abbreviations contained in this book were created by the men and women of the computer and information age to save time and space and eliminate unnecessary repetition and wordage. The book is of value to engineers, scientists, technologists, executives and managers in technical fields, programmers, systems analysts, writers, and computer owners or potential buyers. ... Read more

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Paperback; 1993; 289 pages. The most authoritative desk dictionary for the HRD field. This reference contains the most frequently used and essential words for training and human resource professionals. An exhaustive source of HRD terminology, containing references to related terms, acronyms, abbreviations, and a listing of the 100 most essential HRD terms. ... Read more

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This desktop reference gives readers instant access to virtually all the technical terms, acronyms, and abbreviations used in the world of Wall Street and stock market investing. It includes the new, increasingly used designations of both Eastern European and Japanese markets. ... Read more

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Features acronyms categorized by government agencies, corporations, airports, medical terms, professional associations, artistic organizations, athletics, U.S. postal codes for the fifty states, and others. Reprint. LJ. ... Read more