Computer Jargon Explained

Content: 
Front Matter, Page i
Copyright, Page ii
INTRODUCTION, Page 1
ADA, Pages 3-4
ANALYST WORKBENCH, Pages 5-6
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, Pages 7-8
CASE (COMPUTER-AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING), Pages 9-10
CCITT, Pages 11-12
CIM (COMPUTER-INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING), Pages 13-15
CMOS/ECL, Pages 16-17
CYCLE TIME, Pages 18-20
DATABASE, Pages 21-23
DATA DICTIONARY, Pages 24-25
DATA PROTECTION, Pages 26-27
DESIGN METHODOLOGIES, Pages 28-29
DESKTOP PUBLISHING, Pages 30-31
DISTRIBUTED DATABASE, Pages 32-33
EDI, Pages 34-35
ESPRIT, Pages 36-37
ETHERNET, Page 38
EXPERT SYSTEM, Pages 39-40
FAULT TOLERANCE, Pages 41-42
FIFTH GENERATION, Pages 43-44
FILE SERVER, Page 45
FOURTH GENERATION LANGUAGE, Pages 46-47
FUNCTION POINT, Pages 48-49
GALLIUM ARSENIDE, Pages 50-51
IPSE, Pages 52-53
ISDN, Pages 54-55
ISO, Pages 56-57
LAN, Pages 58-59
LU 6.2, Pages 60-61
MAINFRAME, MINI, MICRO, Pages 62-64
MAINFRAME GENERATIONS, Pages 65-66
MAP/TOP, Page 67
MERCURY, Pages 68-69
MIPS, Pages 70-72
NCC, Pages 73-74
NON-PROCEDURAL LANGUAGE, Pages 75-76
ODA, Pages 77-78
OFFICE AUTOMATION, Pages 79-81
OPTICAL COMPUTING, Pages 82-83
OPTICAL DISC, Pages 84-86
OPTICAL FIBRE, Pages 87-88
OSI, Page 89
PARALLEL PROCESSING, Pages 90-92
PICK, Pages 93-94
PROTOCOL, Page 95
RELATIONAL DATABASE, Pages 96-97
RISC, Pages 98-99
SAA, Pages 100-101
SNA, Pages 102-103
SPREADSHEET, Page 104
SQL, Pages 105-106
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY, Pages 107-109
TELETEX, Pages 110-111
THIN-FILM HEAD, Page 112
TOKEN RING, Pages 113-114
UNIX, Pages 115-116
VANS, Page 117
VDU STANDARDS, Pages 118-119
VECTOR PROCESSING, Pages 120-121
VERTICAL RECORDING, Pages 122-123
VIDEOTEX, Pages 124-125
VLSI, Pages 126-127
VON NEUMANN ARCHITECTURE, Pages 128-129
WAFER SCALE INTEGRATION, Pages 130-132
WORKSTATION, Pages 133-134
X.25, Pages 135-136
X.400, Page 137
X-Stream, Pages 138-139
APPENDIX 1 - ABBREVIATIONS OF TECHNICAL TERMS, Pages 140-153
APPENDIX 2 - ABBREVIATIONS OF ORGANISATIONS, Pages 154-158
APPENDIX 3 - UNITS OF MEASURE, Pages 159-161
INDEX, Pages 162-169
COMPUTER WEEKLY PUBLICATIONS, Pages 170-172