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The computer contradictionary / Stan Kelly-Bootle.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kelly-Bootle, Stan, author.
- Kelly-Bootle, Stan. Devil's DP dictionary, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Electronic data processing--Dictionaries.
- Electronic data processing.
- Electronic data processing--Humor.
- Genre:
- Humor.
- Dictionaries.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 239 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Other Title:
- MIT Press CogNet.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [1995]
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- This book is aimed at the dearth of useful data processing glossaries. It may well increase this dearth, but nevertheless I hope that it casts an amusing glare on the many linguistic opacities which bedevil the computing trade, according to the author.
- Notes:
- Originally published: The devil's DP dictionary. New York : McGraw-Hill, 1981.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Kelly-Bootle, Stan. Computer contradictionary.
- ISBN:
- 9780262276955
- 026227695X
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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