Multimedia and the Web from A to Z: 2nd Edition

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.

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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Closer to a pocket encyclopedia than to a dictionary, defines and often explains at some length more than 1,500 terms that either belong to one of the major contributory disciplines that provide the bases for the multimedia industry, or belong to a set of competencies that owe their origins to the birth of multimedia. Very thoroughly cross- referenced. Revised from the 1995 . Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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.