Useful Resources: FOLDOC

FOLDOC is a searchable dictionary of acronyms, jargon, programming languages, tools, architecture, operating systems, networking, theory, conventions, standards, mathematics, telecoms, electronics,institutions, companies, projects, products, history, in fact anything to do with computing.

The dictionary has been growing since 1985 and now contains over 11000 definitions totaling more than four megabytes. Entries are cross-referenced to each other and to related resources elsewhere on the net.

Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this dictionary or modified versions or translations into another language, provided that every such copy or derived work carries the above copyright notice and is distributed under terms identical to these. Individual definitions from this dictionary may be used without restriction provided no more than twenty are used in any one work. Refer to this source as "Free On-line Dictionary Of Computing".