Book Description

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.