Reference

Computer Dictionaries & Acronyms

Sites

* Computing @ Oxford Reference Online
A collection of reference books covering Computing.
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* A Dictionary of Computing
Published by Oxford University Press, 1996 Electronic Resource from Oxford Reference Online.
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* Dictionary of Personal Computing and the Internet
Published by Peter Collin Publishing, 2000. Electronic Resource from Credo reference.
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* A Dictionary of the Internet
Published by Oxford University Press, 2001. Electronic Resource from Oxford Reference Online.
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* Acronym finder
more than 100,000 common acronyms and abbreviations with an emphasis on computer, technology, communications and the military.
* FILExt
A comprehensive list of file extensions and the programs they come from.
* FOLDOC: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
FOLDOC is a searchable dictionary of over 13000 definition, acronyms, jargon, programming languages, tools, architecture, operating systems, networking, theory, conventions, standards, mathematics, telecoms, electronics, institutions, companies, projects, products, history, in fact anything to do with computing.