Newton's Telecom Dictionary, 21st Edition: Covering Telecommunications, Networking, Information Technology, The Internet, Fiber Optics, RFID, Wireless, and VoIP
By harry newton
Comments
Published Every Year Just to Attempt to Keep Up.
(2006-08-13)
When Judge Green ordered the split up of AT&T so many years ago he couldn't have imagined what he was really unleashing on an unsuspecting world. The whole concept of the Internet, packet switching, Voice Over Internet Protocol and more. Dozens of companies rising and falling depending on the tides of the marketplace.
He also couldn't have imagined the impact on the language. I don't know how many TLA's (Three Letter Acronyms) ; There's BEP's (Back End Processor), and BER's (Bit Error Rate). To be sure, computers seem to always use TLA's, Telcom's seem also to like to use four letters: CORE (Council of REgistors), DVAC (Dedicated Voltage AC).
Whatever they are saying and writing, it's defined here. This is the standard dictionary of the field, published every year in an attempt to keep up with the growing jargon.
Gets Better with Age (& Editions!)
(2006-08-13)
I've been buying Netwon's Telecom Dictionary since it first came out many years ago. This reference text is the gold standard for professionals in the Voice and Data industries. If you work in IT or telephony, I srongly recommend you keep an up to date copy close at hand.
Whenever I can, I try to give copies of Newton's Telecom Dictionary away to students in my TrainingCity.com classes. All of them tell me it's the best part of attending my class!
In reviewing the latest edition, I found numerous new definitions and all sorts of outstanding updates to older items. Once again, you simply cannot go wrong buying this book!
use a search engine instead of this book?
(2006-08-13)
This is one of the standard reference texts in telecom. A massive explanation of virtually any term you are likely to encounter in the field. It is a dictionary, not an encyclopedia, so it does not go into any term in any depth.
The book has a piquant attraction. Open a page at random and glance through it. Often there are hilarious words and explanations of these. Revealing a droll wit.
But aside from that, these days you might prefer to use a search engine for look up quick meanings.
(2006-08-13)
When Judge Green ordered the split up of AT&T so many years ago he couldn't have imagined what he was really unleashing on an unsuspecting world. The whole concept of the Internet, packet switching, Voice Over Internet Protocol and more. Dozens of companies rising and falling depending on the tides of the marketplace.
He also couldn't have imagined the impact on the language. I don't know how many TLA's (Three Letter Acronyms) ; There's BEP's (Back End Processor), and BER's (Bit Error Rate). To be sure, computers seem to always use TLA's, Telcom's seem also to like to use four letters: CORE (Council of REgistors), DVAC (Dedicated Voltage AC).
Whatever they are saying and writing, it's defined here. This is the standard dictionary of the field, published every year in an attempt to keep up with the growing jargon.
Gets Better with Age (& Editions!)
(2006-08-13)
I've been buying Netwon's Telecom Dictionary since it first came out many years ago. This reference text is the gold standard for professionals in the Voice and Data industries. If you work in IT or telephony, I srongly recommend you keep an up to date copy close at hand.
Whenever I can, I try to give copies of Newton's Telecom Dictionary away to students in my TrainingCity.com classes. All of them tell me it's the best part of attending my class!
In reviewing the latest edition, I found numerous new definitions and all sorts of outstanding updates to older items. Once again, you simply cannot go wrong buying this book!
use a search engine instead of this book?
(2006-08-13)
This is one of the standard reference texts in telecom. A massive explanation of virtually any term you are likely to encounter in the field. It is a dictionary, not an encyclopedia, so it does not go into any term in any depth.
The book has a piquant attraction. Open a page at random and glance through it. Often there are hilarious words and explanations of these. Revealing a droll wit.
But aside from that, these days you might prefer to use a search engine for look up quick meanings.