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Subject:Re: Can anyone recommend a book? From:Mike McCallister <workingwriter -at- gmail -dot- com> To:Sarah Stegall <sstegall -at- bivio -dot- net> Date:Tue, 8 Jun 2010 15:02:26 -0500
Sarah,
If it's a style/usage guide you're after, the GNOME Documentation Style
Guide may be helpful: http://library.gnome.org/devel/gdp-style-guide/stable/. GNOME is a
Desktop Environment for Linux, and thus isn't proprietary to
anyone.
As for a dictionary, I've had *Webster's New World Dictionary of Computer
Terms* on my shelf for awhile now. The main problem with it is they haven't
updated it in a decade. 8-(
An Amazon search delivered this promising title: *Dictionary of Computer and
Internet Terms* and its most recent edition comes from 2009. The "random
page" I looked at read well too.
Mike McCallister
Now available: "WordPress in Depth" (with Bud Smith)
Author, "openSUSE Linux Unleashed"
Notes from the Metaverse: http://metaverse.wordpress.com
On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 2:28 PM, Sarah Stegall <sstegall -at- bivio -dot- net> wrote:
> I'm looking for a good book on computer terms and uage. Emphasis on the
> usage. I would prefer one that wasn't produced by Microsoft, Cisco, or
> some other proprietary entity. I would appreciate some suggestions.
> Thanks.
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> Sarah
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