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Technical Writer's Notebook

Tidbits for writer's who streamline communication between engineers and the rest of the world!

Trade Dictionary Definitions
The computer software industry offers some entertaining definitions that may sometimes clarify.

Human Compiler: A peer reviewer/editor who checks syntax, grammar, spelling, punctuation, writer standards and style, with no technical input; aka copyeditor.

Treeware: Documentation, user guides, or other technical or reference material in print format.
(Information and data on CDRom or online don't count!

Acronyms/Initialisms/Abbreviations Glossaries

Science/Engineering
http://eserver.org/langs/acronym-dictionary.txt

Look Up Tech Terms (IT) from WhatIs.com, IT encyclopedia and learning center
[http://whatis.techtarget.com/definitionsAlpha/]

Get Your Credentials IT, Technical Writing, Business proof of capability.
[www.brainbench.com]

BABEL: A Glossary of Computer Oriented Abbreviations and Acronyms

Computer Shopper's Resource

Acronyms/abbreviations
&mdash Space Science and Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison. DoD/IT Acronyms [US Dept of Defense]

Publisher's Viewpoint

What is DITA? — DITA stands for Darwin Information Typing Architecture. DITA is an 'architecture' for XML publishing. DITA notes

Content Management, Knowledge Management, Information Architecture, Information Engineering views for documentation creation and use: Let's re-wire the manuals! Note: tbd

Keyword Translators Online

Babel Fish
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Other Dictionaries/Glossaries/Vocabularies

OneLook Dictionary Search
http://www.onelook.com/

Find Synonyms & Antonyms
http://www.synonym.com/synonym/

Find Rhyming Words
http://www.rhymezone.com/

Merriam-Webster Online
http://www.m-w.com/

OneLook Reverse Dictionary
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