Authors:
CD-ROM, 148 pages
Publisher: Technics Publications, LLC
Publication Date: 2008-03-06
Edition: 1st

Reviews :

    If you think enterprise data and geospatial data describe Star Trek episodes, you could use the DAMA Dictionary of Data Management. This glossary contains over 800 terms defining a common data management vocabulary for IT professionals, data stewards and business leaders. It is in pdf format embedded with links for easy navigation between terms, and delivered to you on CD-ROM. An index is included with the dictionary, which organizes the terms by topic.

Topics include:

• Finance & Accounting
• Business
• Marketing & Customer Relationship Management
• Planning
• Project Management
• Knowledge Management
• Process Management
• Roles
• Information Technology
• Standards Organizations
• Data
• Data Management
• DAMA & Professional Development
• Data Governance and Stewardship
• Architecture
• Data Modeling
• Normalization
• Related Modeling and Analysis
• Databases & Database Design
• Structured Query Language (SQL)
• Object-Orientation
• Software Development
• Artificial Intelligence
• XML Development
• Parallel Database Processing
• Database Administration
• Geospatial Data
• Data Security Management
• Data Movement & Integration
• Data Warehousing & Business Intelligence
• Analytics & Data Mining
• Multi-dimensional / OLAP
• Reference & Master Data Management
• Meta Data Management
• Data Quality Management
• Document, Record & Content Management
• Semantic Modeling

Press release:

The Data Management Association International (DAMA) Releases DAMA Dictionary of Data Management

Industry Takes an Environment-Friendly Stand on Standard Definitions

DAMA Dictionary of Data Management availability was announced at the DAMA International Symposium & Wilshire Meta Data Conference in San Diego March 16-20, 2008.

Over 800 terms defining a common data management vocabulary for IT professionals, data stewards and business leaders.

Over 40 topics including finance and accounting, knowledge management, architecture, data modeling, XML, and analytics.

Authored by DAMA International, published by Technics Publications, LLC, and edited by Mark Mosley, this dictionary will promote a standard set of data management terms within the field of Information Technology (IT).

Mosley says "As the premiere organization for data management professionals, DAMA seeks to lead the data management profession to maturity. One of the hallmarks of a mature profession is a common vocabulary with clearly understood definitions. DAMA offers the Dictionary to a field in great need of clarity in its terminology and semantics. We hope the Dictionary will be a useful tool for data management professionals, IT colleagues, managers, data stewards and business leaders. All these people share responsibility for data management, so it's very important for all parties to speak a common language."

Deborah Henderson, President of DAMA International Foundation and VP Education and Research for DAMA International, believes the CD-ROM format will not only be easier to use than the traditional book format, it is also more compact and environmentally responsible. "Publishing this work on CD-ROM saves over 4000 pounds of paper and conservatively 700 pounds of Greenhouse gases."...

Authors: Bard Crawford.
Paperback, 228 pages
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Publication Date: 2000-06-19


Reviews :

    This compact volume describes all of Ada's program units, statements and data types. It can serve as an introductory text or as a reference work. The use of each language feature is illustrated in a small working program. A comprehensive glossary/index provides users with a fast, easy way to locate examples and illustrations. Example programs are depicted graphically, supporting the metaphor that an Ada program is "a set of lego blocks smapped together."

The text is organized in six chapters, three appendices, references and the glossary/index. The first four chapters cover the essentials. The final two chapters introduce Ada's support for object oriented programming and Ada's built-in mechanisms for supporting concurrency and synchronization. This volume is intended as the first in the "LearnAda" series. See http://www.learnada.com for future announcements....

Authors: Karen Goulekas.
Paperback, 616 pages
Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann
Publication Date: 2001-08-22
Edition: 1st

Reviews :

    If you call yourself a computer graphics professional but aren't sure of the meaning of cukaloris, Lambertian reflection, or umbra, you might want to pick up a copy of Visual Effects in a Digital World: A Comprehensive Glossary of over 7,000 Visual Effects Terms. Educational, fun, and historically fascinating, this is one of those books that every pixel monkey should have on his or her shelf.

If you've ever wondered what, exactly, rotoscope means (it has three different meanings) or what to eat with a "metaball," this book is for you. Chock full of interesting tidbits and a 32-page color gallery of examples, this is probably one of the more interesting technical dictionaries you'll ever have the pleasure of looking through.

Perhaps you know the difference between an array and an Arri, but the producer you're trying to explain it to is clueless. The clear, concise definitions listed here can help elucidate these terms and others so that even the most dense suit will, if not understand, at least feel like you must know what you're talking about.

It's one thing to be able to know what buttons to push, but something else entirely to be able to stump your friends with the meaning of arcane terms like Lindenmayer System or octrees. Everyone knows you're a geek. Now you can prove it. --Mike Caputo...

    As the visual effects industry has diversified, so too have the books written to serve the needs of this industry. Today there are hundreds of highly specialized titles focusing on particular aspects of film and broadcast animation, computer graphics, stage photography, miniature photography, color theory, and many others.
Visual Effects in a Digital World offers a much-needed reconsolidation of this knowledge. All of the industry's workers frequently need to understand concepts from other specialties, and this book-the only one of its kind-lets them look up and grasp the basics of any visual effects concept in a matter of seconds. It's a great way for everyone, regardless of experience, to find their way through the jargon and learn what they need to know.

* Authoritative coverage from a winner visual effects expert-winner of a British Academy Award and two Emmys.
* Cover topics such as computer graphics, digital compositing, live action, stage, and miniature photography, and a wide range of computer and Internet concepts.
* Offers job descriptions for positions found throughout the industry.
* Demystifies the jargon used by practitioners in every subspecialty....

Authors: David Crystal.
Paperback, 160 pages
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Publication Date: 2004-09-29


Reviews :

   

Have you been flamed recently? Or pinged? Or felt 404? Do you know the difference between a MUD and a MOO? Or between a WAP and a Wisp? Can you translate 8-0? Or cu4T?

This exciting glossary provides all the answers. It includes an A to Z of the jargon entering the English language with the rise of the Internet and cell phone technology, and it gives a dictionary-style treatment of those Internet terms that have begun to change their meaning in colloquial speech. Along with a definition, each of these entries contains a set of illustrations showing contemporary usage, helping you to understand and -- if you wish -- to participate in the cool communication of the electronic age. The book also contains a comprehensive guide to the special languages that have developed within electronic media -- smileys and text messaging -- and a complete listing of Internet domain names.

...

Authors: Dorian, J. Cougias. Marcelo Halpern.
Paperback, 592 pages
Publisher: Shaser-Vartan
Publication Date: 2006-08-01


Reviews :

    The Language of Compliance is the biggest (3,000 entries), and the best (the only glossary endorsed by the Unified Compliance Framework) resource for acronyms, terms, and extended definitions. Authored by the internationally acclaimed and award winning authoring team of Dorian Cougias and Marcelo Halpern, this is the glossary that more IT professionals turn to than any other. It covers the terms found in HIPAA, SOX, GLB, CobiT, ISO 17799 and 27001, BCI, BSI, ISSF, and over 100 other regulatory bodies and standards agencies....

Authors: Peter G. W. Keen.
Paperback, 290 pages
Publisher: Harvard Business School Press
Publication Date: 1994-11
Edition: 2 Sub

Authors: Alan Freedman.
Paperback, 458 pages
Publisher: AMACOM
Publication Date: 2000-06-15
Edition: 9th

Reviews :

    The seventh edition is substantially expanded with over 6,000 computer terms. This dictionary covers basic computer vocabulary, graphics and multimedia terminology, and a sampling of cyberslang and Internet terms, plus programming, networking, UNIX, and PC jargon. Profiles on industry leaders and historic happenings make this glossary interesting as well as useful. Definitions are tailored to the type of word. Basic terms are defined in layman's language while the specific technical jargon is defined with more technical terms. Comprehensive cross-referencing gives you quick access to what you're looking for. ...

    The most respected, best-selling reference for making instant sense of all things computer--now with 1,500 new and revised terms!

For quick, clear, comprehensible answers to every computer question imaginable, THE COMPUTER GLOSSARY has been America's hands-down favorite reference for nearly twenty years.

Now, best-selling author Alan Freedman delivers an all-new edition of his powerhouse answer book, packed with 6,000 definitions--along with 175 illustrations--of the sometimes bewildering terminology, arcane jargon, abstract concepts, and advanced technologies from the world of computers.

Users learn about the newest developments from the Internet, the Web, and wireless communications, as well as updated information about Windows, Macintosh, UNIX, networking, client/server, graphics, object-oriented programming, standards, major products, vendors, industry profiles, and much, much more.

Both comprehensive and easy to use, THE COMPUTER GLOSSARY is perfect for every level of computer user--beginners, power users, or systems professionals....

Authors: Phil Taylor.
Paperback, 78 pages
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Publication Date: 2006-07-06


Reviews :

    A comprehensive listing of technical definitions relating to digital photography imaging....

Authors: Ali Akbar Arabi.
Hardcover, 408 pages
Publisher: Auerbach Publication
Publication Date: 2007-09-14
Edition: 1

Reviews :

    Abbreviations contribute to enhanced efficiency of writing, reading, and speaking, as well as greater comprehension of technical and scientific articles, reports, and lectures. They serve to reduce the time and cost of writing, typing, editing, and composition resetting. They also decrease the space required for texts, tables, and diagrams. As such, abbreviations are beneficial tools that enhance the dynamics of technical language. The Comprehensive Glossary of Telecom Abbreviations and Acronyms is a collection of over 16,000 entries that cover the fields of telecommunications, satellite communications, marine communications, radar and military communications, avionics, electronics, computer, Internet, radio and television broadcasting, fiber optics communications, information technology (IT), Information Communication Technology (ICT), remote sensing, cellular networks, Specialized Mobile Radio (SMR), and ham radio. It pays particular attention to the abbreviations used in ITU, Intelsat, IMO, IMSO, and APSCC documents. The glossary also contains abbreviations commonly found in telecom magazines, contracts, and financial documents. In addition, it includes entries that reflect the common terminology used by major telecom companies and operators, as well as those used by specialized institutions and standard organizations such as IEEE, ETSI, IETF, ISO, and GSM. It also includes abbreviations on new technologies. A thorough and essential reference, the Comprehensive Glossary of Telecom Abbreviations and Acronyms helps keep engineers, technical writers, technicians, and university students up to speed on the vast amount of terminology that comes their way....

Authors: Rockley L. Miller. Alex S. Kasten.
Paperback, 80 pages
Publisher: Future Systems, Incorporated
Publication Date: 1994-01