Newton's Telecom Dictionary, 21st Edition: Covering Telecommunications, Networking, Information Technology, The Internet, Fiber Optics, RFID, Wireless, and VoIP
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| Rating | : | 4.40 (796 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1578203155 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 975 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-02-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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"A fixture on the desks of many who deal with the technical world." -- New York Times"A must-read." -- Interactive Week"A page-turner that invites use." -- IEEE"An essential resource." -- PC Magazine"The one reference book we can't do without comprehensive and reliable." -- Telemanagement
This is the world's bestselling and most comprehensive reference book on telecom, data communications, networking, computing and the Internet, with over 675,000 copies sold. This edition is current as of Spring 2005.. It's used by more leading technology companies for training and employee orientation than any other text. Most dictionaries are updated every ten to twenty years. Packed with over 22,400 definitions, it explains technical concepts in non-technical language that anyone can understand. Not this one. Four bonus sections include: Harry Newton's favorite money-saving tips for telecom, computing, and more; what happens when telecom services are suddenly free? -- a vision for this business in the 21st century; how you should orient your precious telecom budget in today's tight times; disaster recovery planning to protect your computing and telecom resources. Featuring 500 new terms plus hundreds more updated and expanded entries, the 21st edition of Newton's Telecom Dictionary weighs in at over four times larger than any other telecom and IT dictionary, and includes wireless, broadband, VoIP, RIFD, and fiber optics terms. Newton updates this dictionary every day and issues a
He lives in New York City. He is currently a venture capitalist in telecom and the publisher of Technology Investor Newsletter. . He founded six monthly magazines: Computer Telephony, Teleconnect, Call Center, Imaging, LAN, and Telecom Gear. Harry Newton has 30 years of experience in telecommunications. Harry holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and an undergraduate degr
"Needs to be on the desk of every Telecom professional" according to Todd Wylie. Learning telecommunications is difficult when you realize that this industry thrives on producing thousands of worthless acronyms. When I started out in this field, it felt like I was learning a foreign language--and I was. This book will prove invaluable to as you as you work your way through a hoarde of acronyms that most people using them can't fully explain when questioned.Bruce from Dallas, raises a valid point, the definitions do not stand on their own to fully explain the concepts. If you are coming to Telecom for the first time, and that is what you are looking for I would recommend the "Desktop Encyclo. What if Daniel Webster had an irrepressible sense of humor? Pulpit Pounding Political Pundit (This is my review for the previous edition, which applies perfectly for this edition as well)I have been buying regularly updated editions of Newton's Telecom Dictionary for sixteen years now and will continue to do so as long as Harry keeps 'em coming.I'll admit that once in a while an obscure TLA or FLA (4 and 5 Letter Acronyms) will sneak beneath Harry's radar but it doesn't happen very often. Especially when he is so willing to research tips sent to him by his loyal readers!I have found this dictionary to be indispensible in my job as a telco engineer. Harry does a great job of defining telco terms and acr. Authoritative but inconsistent Enovative Solutions Inc Stephenson I've worked in the telecom industry for years, and this dictionary accurately defines more telecom terms than any other. However, it is not very well-written. The style is really colloquial and inconsistent. One definition may read like it's straight out of IEEE-100, while others sound like a hallway conversation between engineers. Even within a definition, the same term may be capitalized in one instance but not in others. So, I'd put it in the library for sure, but get The Authoritative Dictionary of IEEE Standards Terms (IEEE 100), Seventh Edition and McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms,