Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on CD-ROM

This CD-ROM version of the newly updated edition of The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary enables users to perform fast and comprehensive searches of more than half a million definitions, augmented with thousands of new words and meanings. Furnished with a new design, this electronic version

of the Shorter OED provides extensive coverage of world English as well as comprehensive coverage of scientific and technical English. Advanced search options allow users to carry out flexible searches for headwords, abbreviations, derivatives, phrases, references, and other words forms, or to

filter searches by part of speech, label, or date. Other features include:

*83,000 illustrative quotations from 7,000 authors

*Entries with meanings listed chronologically and dates for first use of each

*All major words in English used after 1700, as well as the vocabulary of Shakespeare, Milton, Spenser, and the King James Bible

*Details of rare and obsolete words

With an easy-to-use interface and clear functionality, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary CD-ROM is the ideal reference.

System requirements: PC with minimum 166 MHz Pentium-class processor; 32MB RAM; min 30MB hard disk space; 16-speed CD-ROM drive; SVGA monitor; Windows 95, 98, 2000, NT 4.0, or XP.

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With an easy-to-use interface and clear functionality, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary CD-ROM is the ideal reference. System requirements: PC with minimum 166 MHz Pentium-class processor; 32MB RAM; min 30MB hard disk space; 16-speed CD-ROM drive; SVGA monitor; Windows 95, 98, 2000, NT 4.0, or XP. {CD-ROM and book package copy tc}

This CD-ROM contains the full text of the updated edition of the "Shorter Oxford English Dictionary", with more than half a million definitions, augmented with thousands of new words and meanings and furnished with a new design. Sound recordings allow users to hear the pronunciation of words.