Elsevier S Dictionary Of Personal And Office Computing

This dictionary presents, in five languages, 5106 essential terms relating to personal, office, mini-, micro-, and home computers. The coverage is both up-to-date and extensive, and includes the following areas: Hardware: Components, storage media, peripheral devices, input devices, printers, terminals, plotters, display devices, other equipment; Software: System software, operating systems, utility programs, user software, application programs, data management, information retrieval, editing and printing; Programming: Techniques, languages, instructions; Applications: Text processing, computer graphics, office communication, games; Allied Fields: Telecommunications, teleprocessing, telematics, networks, mainframe computers, data transmission, videotex, microprocessors, integrated circuits. Translators, mini- and microcomputer manufacturers, vendors and users of office automation equipment, and microcomputer users (whether at home or in the office) should find this dictionary a useful reference.

Since the advent of the computer, terminology management can be carried out by almost anyone who has learnt to use a computer. Terminology management has proved to be an efficient tool in international communications in industry, education and international organisations. Software packages are readily available and international corporations often have their own terminology database. Following these developments, translators and terminologists are confronted with a specialised form of information management involving compilation and standardisation of vocabulary, storage, retrieval and updating.A Practical Course in Terminology Processing provides the key to methods of terminology management for the English language, for general and specific purposes. This unique course has been developed on the basis of years of teaching experience and research at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST, UK) and is particularly suitable for translation courses, freelance translators, technical writers, as well as for non-linguists who are confronted with terminology processing as part of their profession. The 1996 reprint of the paperback edition includes an index.

The areas covered in this dictionary include: Hardware: Storage devices and media - peripheral devices - printers - terminals - display devices - office communication equipment - keyboards - other basic equipment - accessories - electronic office equipment. Software: Operating systems - word processing software - special WP functions - database software - text editors. Applications: Word processing - office automation - office communication - information retrieval - editing - printing - typesetting - business graphics - data transmission. Allied fields: Telematics - communications technology - videotex - information networks - graphics - typography -management information.

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