Synopses & Reviews
As technology changes rapidly, new words and phrases are being introduced into our vocabulary, many with Net or Web affixed to them. The convergence of the media industries often brings with it a clash of professional vocabularies. Over time, some terms remain stable while others seem to disappear or transform their meaning. Multimedia and the Web from A-Z is a comprehensive dictionary aimed at stabilizing and clearly defining the language of multimedia. This second edition has been completely revised and expanded and contains 1,500 entries, including 500 new terms or phrases, all clearly and concisely defined.Extensive cross-referencing, an annotated bibliography, and an acronym table are other useful additions to this dictionary.
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...this modestly-priced book is a must.European Science Editing
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This dictionary is geared toward the practitioner and serves its purpose well. Oftentimes, books about technology are dated the minute they are published, but the authors' style of writing keeps the material fresh. This book is recommended for academic and large public libraries.ARBA
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An excellent resource for all libraries.CHOICE
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Do the words access time, feature extraction or batch processing mean anything to you? They belong to a bewildering new language of multimedia technology words and phrases....Here's a book that explains in layman terms what all the new words mean.FWR
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This resource will be invaluable to those folks who are trying to put a glossary into their technology plans, as well as to students of multimedia. This is a very worthwhile resource for all school libraries. Highly recommended.Technology Connection
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The trade magazine list is superb and will help anyone who is just beginning to delve into multimedia find sources of current information....the glossary definitions are written with cross-references for easy understanding, and the writing here is much crisper than in the introduction....The text is comprehensive amd thorough. Anyone interested in understanding the emerging field of multimedia will find this book to be a great help.Technical Communication
About the Author
PATRICK M. DILLON, Ph.D., is a vice president of iXL Inc., an Internet services firm based in Atlanta.DAVID C. LEONARD, Ph.D., is assistant dean at Mercer University, School of Engineering, Atlanta, where he developed and teaches in the Internet-based distance learning master's degree program in technical communication management.
Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
Introduction
A-Z Terms
Annotated Bibliography
Acronyms