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The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (FOLDOC) is a searchable dictionary of acronyms, jargon, programming languages, tools, architectures, operating systems, networking, theory, mathematics, telecoms, institutions, companies, projects, products, history, in fact anything to do with computing.
It aims to provide a one-stop source of information about all computing terms and includes many useful cross-references and pointers to related resources elsewhere on the Internet, as well as bibliographical references to paper publications. It lacks many entries which one can find in paper computing dictionaries but contains more encyclopedia-like entries and entries on subjects such as current hardware and software products, companies, and institutions. It also contains many definitions in related areas such as communications and networking.
The dictionary started in 1985 and has grown, with the help of 2000 contributors (as of 2007-07-25), to contain over 14000 definitions in over five megabytes of text. It is freely available on the Internet. It currently handles around 10000 WWW queries per day.
All searches are logged and a list of frequently requested missing terms is also available on-line. Users are encouraged to contribute definitions of missing terms. These contributions are usually edited extensively before inclusion. New terms are added almost every day.BY TAATJENE.
