This is a straight-forward technical dictionary, featuring nearly 4,000 concise definitions, many with detailed diagrams and photos. Designed to be clear and understandable to even complete novices, the first two editions of the book provided a gateway for thousands into the acronym-filled world of telecom. This third edition moves beyond traditional telecom and networking topics to embrace and explain the fast moving world of internet telephony.
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Review by J. M. King, emeritus, University of Georgia
Clayton's dictionary will go a long way toward helping anyone, professional communications workers to beginning students, in the daunting search for the meaning of terms in telecommunications. The attractive package includes more than 4,000 definitions, 600 illustrations, seven appendixes, and the complete text on a searchable CD-ROM. The CD-ROM offers an additional 1,000 pages of cross-referenced material (brief articles from other McGraw-Hill publications) in searchable PDF format. The CD-ROM can be used with both PC and Macintosh platforms, although an alias in the Macintosh version is not linked correctly, so some knowledge of Mac file structure will help get the CD running. The additional articles give a look in greater depth at certain definitions in the text, many of which refer to old or outdated equipment and standards, but which will help understand how telecommunications has evolved. A good reference source for professionals and students.
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Five-star ratings from Amazon readers:
¿It should have 6 stars! Just what I needed, it covers virtually everything in telecom, data, and voice.¿
¿WOW. The CD-ROM is extremely extensive ¿ there is no comparison between this telecom study package and any other dictionary or glossary out there, this one blows the rest away!¿
¿The Very Best ¿ I am a manager for an internet access company. I have many books about telecom. This one is the best of them all. The CD ¿ is the best CD I have seen with a book.¿
¿More than a dictionary ¿ This book has helped me adjust to the telephone and internetworking world like no other ¿ I thought the 1,000 additional pages on the CD was some kind of gimmick! It is sure is no gimmick and there is more excellent stuff here than I imagined!¿
¿The CD makes the book an even greater value, letting you keep the dictionary open on your computer while you work ¿ the extra material also lets you go further with many topics.¿
"I LOVE THIS BOOK ... The least expensive on my desk, yet the one I use the most."
*The only fully illustrated telecommunications dictionary anywhere
*Up-to-date¿VoIP and other new terms not defined in other dictionaries
*3,000 concise, accurate definitions--more than 1,000 new
*350 illustrations, 300 new
*Over 8,000 references
*Fully searchable CD-ROM with the entire dictionary PLUS 1,000 bonus pages of depth coverage from other McGraw-Hill technical references
With the McGraw-Hill Illustrated Telecom Dictionary, you don¿t need an advanced degree in telecommunications to make sense of the industry. This annually updated collection of to-the-point definitions helps you decipher telecom and data terminology, concepts, insider jargon, and acronyms you encounter every day. The accompanying CD lets you search the entire book. More than any other learning tool, the McGraw-Hill Illustrated Telecom Dictionary helps you understand today's complex internetworked telecom world.
¿A one-stop shop for knowledge. When I don¿t understand something, this is the first place I go ¿ I can¿t say enough about this book.¿
¿Jade¿s book has many things that Newton¿s work does not ¿ original writing throughout, a lower list price, photographs and diagrams, signature binding that won¿t fall apart, and a searchable CD-ROM that features the book¿s entire contents.¿
¿The definitions cover the subjects in great detail, yet are defined in a way that is simple to understand¿
"Very straightforward and clear ... the illustrations help me understand what I am reading about."
"The most up-to-date reference on the market. I am an instructor at a technical college ... this is the best telecom learning reference I have encountered, ever."
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
3rd IS EVEN BETTER THAN 2nd,
By "ihammer4" (Lake Worth, FL) - See all my reviews
This review is from: McGraw-Hill Illustrated Telecom Dictionary (Paperback)
I have both the 1st and 2nd edition of this book as well as the 3rd. I also have a copy of the ever popular Newton's Telecom Dictionary 17th edition, and the 15th. I use them both. Suprised, I have read the other reviews on this book and none do a comparison with Newtons Telecom Dictionary so here goes.....Newtons version covers LOTS of terms, with quick simple, sometimes too simple definitions. For acronyms it rules, if it is not here you probably wont find it anywhere. It is very simple and 99.99% text. The mcGraw version also has LOTS of terms even some that I could not find in the Newton Dictionary, but does not include frivilous terminology or interest items that Newtons does. What it does have are TONS and TONS of pictures-diagrams and more MEAT in the definitions (illustrations really help) that are certainly more valuable to the would be techie, or someone that really needs to understand the application of the terminology. The CD included with the book puts it in a class higher than the Newton package, with pages taken from other books and the whole dictionary in adobe format. The other book links are on the page of the definition they refer too. Only bad thing about this book is there are a few typos.... The books are difficult to compare because they are so different in style. Anyone as serious as I am will probably opt for owning a copy of both. Simply stated, the Newton dictionary is more QUANTITY oriented, and the McGraw-Hill dictionary is extremely QUALITY oriented. I would rate them both a 5..... but since the Newtons does not come with the CD I gave it a 4. Anyone that will be working with voice PBX or IP Voice MUST have this 3rd edition book, just for the CD.
17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Finally, well written definitions!!!,
By A Customer
This review is from: McGraw-Hill Illustrated Telecommunications Dictionary (Paperback)
I LOVE THIS BOOK I am in the midst of ordering more books here, and I saw this one come up in my search so I can not help but to comment on it! I have only had it for about a month and it is thrashed. I have tried very hard to get co-workers to explain telephony terms to me, and usually end up being more confused after listening to their explanations. The definition for T1 in this book is better than I have ever seen. Coming from a computer networking background and trying to work with telephone people was frustrating before I got this book. What I like the most, is that definitions are written so I can understand them, not telephone people. It is so ironic, that this is the least expensive book on my desk, yet the one that I use the most. I wish all technical books were written this way!!!!
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Very Best...Good learning Book,
This review is from: McGraw-Hill Illustrated Telecom Dictionary (Paperback)
I am a manager for a internet access company. I have many books about telecom. This one is the best of them all. The CD included is the best CD I have seen with a book. There are tremendous amounts of pages on anything telecom and network. The pictures and diagrams are important. It is well "illustrated". Its explainations are full and easy to understand. This will teach everything to new people changing in the field and also has advanced reference and detail. I recommend only this book, it is the best. Adam Rashad
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