Multimedia and the Web from A to Z: 2nd Edition - Softcover

Dillon, Patrick M.; Leonard, David C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1573561320 ISBN 13: 9781573561327

Publisher: Greenwood, 1998

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author:

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.

Review:

"The trade magazine list is superb and will help anyone who is just beginning to delve into multimedia find sources of current information....the glossary definitions are written with cross-references for easy understanding, and the writing here is much crisper than in the introduction....The text is comprehensive amd thorough. Anyone interested in understanding the emerging field of multimedia will find this book to be a great help."-Technical Communication

"An excellent resource for all libraries."-CHOICE

..."this modestly-priced book is a must."-European Science Editing

..."a welcome ally in one's attempts to master this exciting frontier technology."-The Hindu

"Written for the layperson, the definitions are easily understood, and provide fascinating detail."-Book Reviews

"Professionals who find they constantly need "just the right term" to describe some aspect of technolgy will benefit from this volume. Recommended."-Book Report

"This resource will be invaluable to those folks who are trying to put a glossary into their technology plans, as well as to students of multimedia. This is a very worthwhile resource for all school libraries. Highly recommended."-Technology Connection

"Do the words access time, feature extraction or batch processing mean anything to you? They belong to a bewildering new language of multimedia technology words and phrases....Here's a book that explains in layman terms what all the new words mean."-FWR

"This dictionary is geared toward the practitioner and serves its purpose well. Oftentimes, books about technology are dated the minute they are published, but the authors' style of writing keeps the material fresh. This book is recommended for academic and large public libraries."-ARBA

"Overall, this book is a great set of working definitions for anyone in the field of multimedia and the Web. For those trying to work for the first time with people in these fields, this is an essential guide to understanding the language of these new professionals."-The Australian Library Journal

About this edition

• Publisher: Greenwood
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1573561320
• ISBN 13: 9781573561327
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 384