Words to compute by: keeping up with personal computing terminology

If you want to make some sense of personal computer ads and articles, you need to understand the terminology ‐ not all of it, to be sure (that way lies madness), but a few of the key abbreviations and terms, and how significant they are in today‘s computing field. Some key abbreviations and terms have remained fairly consistent in the five years since “The Trailing Edge” last discussed terminoloyg ‐ but some terms have become passe, and new ones have come along. The author reviews some of 1992‘s terminology and how it‘s changed, introducing key new measures and phrases along the way. Don‘t expect the hot topics of programming and computer sociology, but do expect a grounding in the letters and numbers that make sense of it all.