Customer Reviews (1)

Outdated format
This book was published in 1995. Today, a decade later, it is unclear why the book should be published today in hardcover form. Something like this is far better suited in CD format, or, even better, as a website. The latter could then have links to the websites of the organisations it listed. Obviously. Plus, as a website, it could have far richer keyword searching than in book form.

Some types of reference material, like this, are really no longer optimal as books. Beside, $2380 for the book?! Totally overvalued. ... Read more

Book Description
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

Book Description
This second edition of the comprehensive dictionary has been expanded and enhanced to over 65,000 terms (more than twice than in the first edition) for all the major engineering fields. Arranged in a clear, practical format, it is a convenient research tool that is invaluable to engineers, researchers, scientists, technicians, students, technical writers, and others using engineering literature. A unique new section lists abbreviations and acronyms used for journals and magazines in science and engineering. ... Read more