![]() This design makes the pages unnecessarily busy. Every page has the entire alphabet listed with the letter you're on in black and all the other letters in gray. The only thing I don't like about the User's Dictionary is the alphabetical tabs that run down the right-hand side of the pages. The concise definitions also include parts of speech, alternate names, acronyms and cross-references. ![]() All of the typical terms a user might encounter are included, spanning hardware, software, email, the Internet, multimedia, networking, and other subjects. A concise version of the larger Microsoft Computer Dictionary ($34.99), the User's Dictionary contains some 4,700 terms from the full dictionary in a smaller format (8.4 x 5.5 inches) that fits nicely next to your computer. The Microsoft Computer User's Dictionary (Microsoft Press, $14.99) offers a painless way to stay on top of computer jargon. Once you know what something is called, you can look it up, and looking it up often takes you halfway to figuring out how it works. Over the years, as I've taught people computing, I've always stressed the importance of learning the lingo. ![]() Translate geek jargon with help from Microsoft Press
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