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As technology changes rapidly, new words and phrases are being introduced into our vocabulary, many with Net or Web affixed to them. The convergence of the media industries often brings with it a clash of professional vocabularies. Over time, some terms remain stable while others seem to disappear or transform their meaning. Multimedia and the Web from A-Z is a comprehensive dictionary aimed at stabilizing and clearly defining the language of multimedia. This second edition has been completely revised and expanded and contains 1,500 entries, including 500 new terms or phrases, all clearly and concisely defined.Extensive cross-referencing, an annotated bibliography, and an acronym table are other useful additions to this dictionary.

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• Foreword
• Preface
• Introduction
• A-Z Terms Annotated
• Bibliography
• Acronyms

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CHOICE Review

In the first edition (Multimedia Technology from A to Z, 1995), the authors formulated an established vocabulary--a nomenclature--for the emerging and highly interdisciplinary field of multimedia. The continued ascent of multimedia as a powerful new form of communication has encouraged and strengthened their commitment to this goal in the new edition. This dictionary defines more than 1500 terms (500 are new entries) related to multimedia and the Web that either belong to one of the major contributing disciplines that provide the basis for this new industry or to a set of competencies that owe their origins to the birth of multimedia. The authors have tried to balance the entries across a wide range of topics and subtopics. Because so many terms are interrelated, the reader will find a large number of cross-references within the entries. Within definitions, words in italics are defined elsewhere in the volume. An annotated bibliography includes three sections devoted to books and key articles from scholarly periodicals, print and online trade journals and magazines, and electronic publication collections that are essentially online newsstands that contain links to a multitude of Webzine resources. List of acronyms. An excellent resource for all libraries. All levels. J. M. Howe; VA Medical Library, San Francisco

Booklist Review

A revised and enlarged edition of Multimedia Technology from A to Z. In the foreword, the authors talk about the term Internet years, commonly used to describe the rate of change in information technology--even though the first edition of this title came out just three years ago, "at least a decade of Internet years have transpired." There are approximately 500 new terms here, and definitions for many of the original 1,000 terms have been rewritten.

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PATRICK M. DILLON, Ph.D., is a vice president of iXL Inc., an Internet services firm based in Atlanta. There, Dr. Dillon is responsible for setting strategic directions for iXL's Training Practice Group for the purpose of building knowledge management capabilities into corporate web sites. In particular, he is involved in establishing solution architectures that enable corporate Web universities to provide just-in-time access to strategic and tactical knowledge assets. Before joining iXL in 1999, Dr. Dillon was a senior consultant for IBM's Enterprise Knowledge Solutions consulting practice, where he was among the first three consultants to earn IBM certification in the profession of instructional design. He has over 15 years experience in the design and development of interactive multimedia training solutions and performance support systems covering a broad range of industries and professional domains.

DAVID C. LEONARD, Ph.D., is assistant dean at Mercer University, School of Engineering, Atlanta, where he developed and teaches in the Internet-based distance learning master's degree program in technical communication management. Dr. Leonard has also developed graduate and undergraduate technical communication programs/courses at the Georgia Institute of Technology, the University of Maryland, and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. In 1983, Dr. Leonard cofounded IDC (Information Design Corporation) and has since worked with over 150 Fortune 500 companies focusing on various issues related to online information and interactive multimedia.