Dictionary of Personal Computing and the Internet | 
| Author: Simon Collin
Publisher: Routledge
Category: Book
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Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
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Pages: 205
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.6 x 5.6 x 0.8
ISBN: 1579580165
Dewey Decimal Number: 004.03
EAN: 9781579580162
Publication Date: December 1, 1997
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Product Description
In this dictionary, Simon Collin, the author of various best-selling guides for Microsoft Press, removes the mysteries of PC/Internet language with concise, clearly-written entries understandable to readers at all levels of expertise. More than 1,600 terms are defined in the Dictionary of Personal Computing and the Internet, including those related to electronic mail (e-mail), newsgroups, Web-page design, Internet technology, and PC hardware and software.
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obsolete July 2, 2006
The book is mostly obsolete. Consider first its description of the personal computer. Nine years have elapsed since it was published. Moore's Law has been proceeding unabated during this time. Over 4 cycles. Which means that today's computers are much faster, have much larger disks and are cheaper. Plus, today's monitors are more likely to be flat screen, instead of a vacuum tube.
Then look at its discussion of the Internet/Web. Many of the now common usages had yet to become popular, or even exist. Such things like blogging, or swapping music. Or Instant Messaging. Or playing video. Or listening to streaming radio stations that push their programs onto the Internet. No mention of social networks.
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