The definitions are clearly written using a simple English vocabulary of just 1,500 words. This unique approach to word definition eliminates the great flaw of traditional dictionaries, that the definitions are often as incomprehensible to students as the words being looked up. Teachers of ESL courses will find this dictionary a terrific resource.

Www.bloomsbury.com Originally published by Peter Collin Publishing Fifth edition published 2004 Fourth edition published 2002 Third edition published 1998 Second edition published 1994 First published in Great Britain 1988 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc 38 Soho Square, London W1D 3HB © Copyright S.M.H. Collin, 1988, 1994, 1998, 2002 This edition © copyright Bloomsbury Publishing Plc 2004 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means without the permission of the publishers. British Library Cataloguing-in-PublicationData A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library eISBN-13: 978-1-4081-0225-1 Text processing and computer typesetting by Bloomsbury Printed and bound in Italy by Legoprint Text Production and Proofreading Lesley Brown, Stephen Curtis, Howard Sargeant, Megan Thomson, Katy McAdam, Joel Adams, Daisy Jackson, Charlotte Regan. Preface This dictionary provides the user with a comprehensive range of the vocabulary used in the field of computing.

It covers all aspects of computing, including hardware, software, peripherals, networks and programming, as well as many applications in which computers are used, such as the Internet or desktop publishing. It also describes the latest developments in networks, the Internet, communications, programming, multimedia, processor design and storage technology. Each headword is explained in clear, straightforward English.

Examples are given to show how the words and phrases can be used in context. General comments about particular items of interest, complex ideas or hardware or software applications are given in separate boxes. Quotations from magazines and journals are given to show how the words are used in real text. The dictionary includes a number of product names and company names.

The trademarked names that are included are those that are judged to be of de facto importance to users or important in the development of computer technology. Pronunciation The following symbols have been used to show the pronunciation of the main words in the dictionary.

Stress has been indicated by a main stress mark ( ) and a secondary stress mark ( ). Note that these are only guides, as the stress of the word changes according to its position in the sentence. Vowels Consonants b ack b buck ɑ har m d dead ɒ st op ð oth er a t ype d jump aυ how f fare a ə hire gold aυə hour h head ɔ c ourse j yellow ɔ ann oy k cab e hea d l leave eə fair m mix e m ake n nil eυ o ŋ si ng w ord p print i kee p r rest i happ y s save ə about ʃ sh op f it t take ə near tʃ change u ann u al θ theft u poo l v value υ boo k w work υə tou r x lo ch & sh u t mea sure z zone. Aberration / bə re ʃ ( ə ) n / noun 1. Distortion of a light beam or image caused by defects in the optical system 2. Distortion of a television picture caused by a corrupt signal or incorrect adjustment ablation / ə ble ʃ( ə) n / noun a method of writing data to an optical storage device in which a laser burns a hole or pit, representing digital bits of data, into the thin metal surface of the storage device COMMENT: A laser burns a hole or pit (which represents digital bits of data) into the thin metal surface of the storage device.

Abnormal end / b nɔ m ( ə ) l end / noun same as abend abnormal termination / b nɔ m ( ə ) lt m ne ʃ ( ə ) n / noun same as abend abort / ə bɔ t / verb to end a process in the event of a malfunction occurs by switching the computer off manually or by an internal feature The program was aborted by pressing the red button. AB roll / e bi rəυl / noun (in a multimedia application ) a sequence of two video or music segments that are synchronised so that one fades as the second starts ABS / e bi es / noun a programming instruction that returns the magnitude of a number without the number’s sign The command ABS(-13) will return the answer 13.

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