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Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 1
Average rating: 4.0 of 5
"Computer definitions that get you marks" 4 out of 5 stars.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.
This, folks, is the reference book for my A Level Students. A Level is the main exam route taking in the UK for entry into Universities.
The continual rapid development of computer technology means it is a nightmare trying to keep up with terminology and acronymns. This glossary has the defintions the examiners will accept. Very useful when different text books all have their own definitons.
The 4star rating rather than 5 is a reflection of the date of issue of this glossary. There must be another one on its way soon, we sure need it.
Editorial Review:
This is the fourth edition of a highly successful, well-established reference book, first published by the British Computer Society, which defines the most commonly used terms in computing in a concise and easily understandable manner. It is divided into sections reflecting major areas of computing (applications, machine architecture, programming languages, etc.), within which entries appear alphabetically. Cross-referencing is also included, where appropriate, giving coherence to the book as a whole, and a complete index is provided. This new edition has been considerably expanded and contains over 750 defined terms. The emphasis has also moved away from a hardware bias of 'how computers work' to 'what computers do and how to make them do it'.
