title: McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Computing & Communications
author: The McGraw-Hill Companies
description: Specialists and students will find this an invaluable reference. Containing 11,000 entries, it was compiled from the 2003 McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed. The scientific or technical field to which the term mainly belongs is noted in the definition. Pronunciation of the term and acronyms, variant spellings, abbreviations, and synonyms are also indicated. An appendix contains several charts for information that includes the electromagnetic and radio spectrums, microwave frequency bands, mathematical notation, schematic electronic symbols, and conversion factors. (<i>Sci-Tech Book News</i> 2003-09-01)
zlib_text: **Build a Career in Data Science**
  
   **Emily Robinson Jacqueline Nolis**
  
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