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by Stan Kelly-Bootle
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Warning: If you aren't a true-blue geek, you won't even have a clue as to why this cracked glossary of computing terms is supposed to be funny. But if you're capable of finding humor in jokes about OO programming, TCP/IP, Bjarne Stroustrup, and operating system kernels, The Computer Contradictionary is truly hilarious. Sample: "ISAM ... One of the most successful data-security systems so far devised. Information is protected from all but the most persistent, patient, and devious." If you're even tempted to smile, you'll enormously enjoy British author Stan Kelly-Bootle's witty, urbane, and well-informed parody.
Book Description
"[The Computer Contradictionary] is ultimately a manual to our industry, computer history, and much of your universe as it really ought to be. It is also the first dictionary you're likely to read in one sitting. Enjoy!" -- Andrew Binstock, UNIX Review "With his mind-numbing grasp of English, literature, computer history, and programmer culture, Stan is the Umberto Eco of programming." -- Ron Burk, Windows Developer's Journal "Ascertain the meaning before consulting this dictionary," warns the...  read more
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