... to what are lesser-known but still commonly used abbreviations. A two-page chronology adds a simple summary of computing achievements and breakthroughs since 1821. Despite some small drawbacks, this volume would be useful for high school and college libraries, and due to its relatively low cost, would...

...Claire Buckley Dictionary of Computing (6th edition) . London : A & C Black   2010 . 366 pp. , ISBN: 978 1 4081 2807 7   £9.99 I was surprised that there were a few terms that I could not find in the book but there were also a lot that I had never encountered. I could find...

... resource guide is given and naturally complements this work to a degree. Whilst not as comprehensive as this book, it effectively returns some of the value that would otherwise have been lost. As a former computing librarian I welcome this book as a useful addition to my own personal library of resources...

...Rónán O'Beirne © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 --> Computers Encyclopedias Man machine interface On first picking up this encyclopedia I asked myself what is human‐computer interaction (HCI)? Or, more to the point, how can a topic such as this, of which I have little...

...Peter Wellburn References Collin , S.M.H. (2004), Dictionary of Computing , 5th ed. , Bloomsbury , London . The present dictionary includes over 35,000 entries covering hardware and software applications, programming languages, networks and communications, the internet and e...

...Stuart James Edited by Brigham   Narins . World of Computer Science . Detroit, MI : Gale Group (Thomson Learning)   2002 . 2 vols , ISBN: ISBN 0 7876 4960 0 © MCB UP Limited 2002 --> Computers Computing Flicking through a single volume...

...Luke Griffin © MCB UP Limited 2002 --> Electrical engineering Computers Electronics IEEE (Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers) is the most respected name in the electrical and computer engineering fields. The company publishes over 125 of the most frequently...

...John Goodier Reference Hudson , K. (1983 , The Archaeology of the Consumer Age , Heinemann , London. Edited by Raul   Rojas . Encyclopedia of Computers and Computer History . Chicago, IL and London : Fitzroy Dearborn   2001 . 2 vols: 930pp , ISBN: 1 57958...

...Erica Wadley Information technology Computers Internet TechEncyclopedia . Point Pleasant, PA : The Computer Language Company   1981‐2001 . Internet URL: http://www.techweb.com/ encyclopedia/http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/   Gratis Last visited: September 2001 ©...

...Betty Landesman INT   Media Group , Inc . Webopedia . URL: http://www.webopedia.com , 1998 to date (updated daily). Last visited: July 2001 . Gratis © MCB UP Limited 2001 --> Computers Internet Webopedia calls itself the “only online dictionary...

...Rónán O’Beirne The opening premiss of this book, echoed in the title ‐ that computers do not always work properly, is a good one. The problem is that, over the past three or four years, computers have become more complex by the increased level of “intelligence” found in many systems, within...

...Stuart James © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> Children Literature Telecommunications Computers New technology It is exhilarating or frightening to look at the recent technological past then translate it to the rate of change in the near future. Consider what we now take for granted...