Internet Jargon & Usage.
Computing & Information Services Department.
editor: jim.cerny@unh.edu
This contains useful links to online
dictionaries, citation style guides, and more.
The material was originally prepared for a short course,
presented with Mary Peterson, on August 13, 1997.
The outline used at that time is still available
both in
HTML
and
Adobe Acrobat
formats.
Locally developed
supplemental materials include an example of
style guidelines and tips
and a review of
measurement terminology.
The links below are maintained as a
reference.
Dictionaries, glossaries and similar resources.
- Acromania at ZDNet.
- AltaVista Web Page Translation Service.
- Ask P.E.G. Plain English Glossary of Internet terms.
- Babel: Glossary of Computer Oriented Abbreviations by Irving Kind.
- The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (FOLDOC). * And mirror sites.
- Glossary of International Technology at Microsoft.
- Glossaries for Microsoft Site Developers at Microsoft MSDN.
- High-Tech Dictionary at Computer Currents.
- Jargon Scout Dawson's Tasty Bits from the Technology Front.
- Netlingo: A Dictionary of the Internet Language.
- The New Hacker's Dictionary aka Jargon File, edited by Eric Raymond.
- Online Resources for Writers at U.Maine Writing Center.
- Webopaedia at ZDNet. *
- Web of On-line Dictionaries by Robert Beard at Bucknell University.
- Voycabulary linking Web pages to references. Try Webspeare.
- Whatis.com for computing and technology definitions.
Special items.
- Create Your Own Multilingual Web Site.
- The Dialectizer (humor).
- Online Resources for Writers at U.Maine Writing Center.
- Smilies, Smilies, Smilies by Prof. G. Zimmermann.
- Smileys Book by David Sanderson.
Style sheets and usage guides.
- The Curmudgeon's Stylebook by Bill Walsh.
- The Editorial Eye index.
Citation practices for online material.
- APA on Documenting Online Documents.
- Beyond the MLA Handbook: Documenting Electronic Sources on the Internet by Harnack and Kleppinger.
- CGOS Style - The Columbia University Press Guide to Online Style.
- Citation Styles *** Harnack and Kleppinger Online! guide.
- MLA on Documenting Web Sources.