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Re: Glossary

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From: Jim Milles
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 17:17
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Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 10:04:08 -0600 (CST)
From: Gleason Sackman <sackman@plains.nodak.edu>



On Tue, 12 Jan 1993, Jim Milles wrote:

> ------------------------------ Message follows ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 11:47:20 EST
> From: JOHN BARR <barr@shrsys.hslc.org> (HSLC)
>
> I've been using the glossary from Malkin's "FYI ..."
> in my class but for a broader, less technically inclined
> audience this is too specific.
>
> I need a brief glossary with terms like gopher, wais, usenet, etc.
> Before I make up my own, does anyone know of one I can FTP?
>
> Thanks,
>
> John Barr
> Health Sciences Libraries Consortium
> Philadelphia, PA
> barr@shrsys.hslc.org

You may want to ftp:

ftp.temple.edu
pub/info/help-net/babel93a.txt

This file defines lots of computer abbreviations and terms, and
was written by Irving Kind.

Hope this helps.

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