Elsevier's Dictionary of Personal and Office Computing in Five Languages: English, German, French, Italian and Portuguese [Hardcover]

Otto Vollnhals (Compiler)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0444423907 | ISBN-13: 978-0444423900 | Publication Date: November 1984

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.

Editorial Reviews

Review

...will be useful to those needing to monitor and translate the literature on personal and office computing in a variety of languages. -- American Reference Books Annual

Language Notes

Text: English, French, German, Italian, Portugese

Product Details

• Hardcover: 518 pages
• Publisher: Elsevier Science Ltd (November 1984)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0444423907
• ISBN-13: 978-0444423900
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,395,770 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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