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Free On-line Dictionary of Computing%%%computer dictionary%%%computing
dictionary%%%Dictionary of Computing%%%FOLDOC%%%Free On-line
Dictionary%%%this dictionary

   <introduction> 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.

   Copyright 1993 by Denis Howe

   Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
   document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation
   License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by the
   Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, Front-
   or Back-Cover Texts.  A copy of the license is included in the
   section entitled "{GNU Free Documentation License}".

   Please refer to the dictionary as "The Free On-line Dictionary
   of Computing, http://foldoc.org/, Editor Denis Howe" or similar.

   The dictionary has been growing since 1985 and now contains
   over 14000 definitions in over five megabytes of text.
   Entries are cross-referenced to each other and to related
   resources elsewhere on the net.

   Where {LaTeX} commands for certain non-{ASCII} symbols are
   mentioned, they are described in their own entries.  "\" is
   also used to represent the Greek lower-case lambda used in
   {lambda-calculus}.  Cross-references to other entries look
   {like this}.  Note that not all cross-references actually lead
   anywhere yet, but if you find one that leads to something
   inappropriate, please {let me know (feedback.html)}.  Dates
   after entries indicate when that entry was last updated.  They
   do not imply that it was up-to-date at that time.

   You can search the latest version of the dictionary on the
   WWW at URL http://foldoc.org/.  If you find an entry that is
   wrong or inadequate please let me know.

   See {Pronunciation} for how to interpret the pronunciation
   given for some entries.

   {More about FOLDOC (about.html)}.

   (2007-07-25)

Acknowledgements

   <introduction> Many thanks to the hundreds of {contributors
   (contributors.html)}, and especially to the {Guest Editors
   (editors.html)}, mirror site maintainers and the maintainers
   of the following resources from which some entries originate:

   Mike Sendall's STING Software engineering glossary
   <[email protected]>, 1993-10-13,

   Bill Kinnersley's Language List
   (http://people.ku.edu/~nkinners/LangList/Extras/langlist.htm)
   v2.2, 1994-01-15,

   Mark Hopkins' catalogue of Free Compilers and Interpreters
   v6.4, 1994-02-28,

   The on-line hacker {Jargon File} v3.0.0, 1993-07-27,

   Internet Users' Glossary (RFC 1392, FYI 18), Jan 1993.

   John Cross's computer glossary, 1994-11-01.

   John Bayko's Great Microprocessors of the Past and Present,
   v4.0.0, 1994-08-18.

   {Electronic Commerce Dictionary}.

   (2007-11-16)