PC Magazine
"An essential resource."

Interactive Week
"A must-read."

IEEE
"A page-turner that invites use."

New York Times
"A fixture on the desks of many who deal with the technical world."

Telemanagement
"The one reference book we can't do without... comprehensive and reliable."

Book Description
This is the world's bestselling and most comprehensive reference book on telecom, data communications, networking, computing and the Internet, with over 675,000 copies sold. Featuring 500 new terms plus hundreds more updated and expanded entries, the 21st edition of Newton's Telecom Dictionary weighs in at over four times larger than any other telecom and IT dictionary, and includes wireless, broadband, VoIP, RFID, and fiber optics terms.

Packed with over 22,400 definitions, it explains technical concepts in non-technical language that anyone can understand. It's used by more leading technology companies for training and employee orientation than any other text.

Four bonus sections include: Harry Newton's favorite money-saving tips for telecom, computing, and more; what happens when telecom services are suddenly free?—a vision for this business in the 21st century; how you should orient your precious telecom budget in today's tight times; disaster recovery planning to protect your computing and telecom resources.

Most dictionaries are updated every ten to twenty years. Not this one. Newton updates this dictionary every day and issues a new, expanded, improved and updated edition every ear. This edition is current as of Spring 2005.

About the Author
Harry Newton has spent 34 years studying, writing, lecturing and investing in telecommunications and technology. He founded key telecom magazines--LAN (now Network), Teleconnect, Call Center, Computer Telephony and Technology Investor. He also founded the trade shows, Computer Telephony Conference and Exhibition (CT Expo) and Call Center Demo. He sold his telecom publishing group in September, 1997 to concentrate on writing. Newton has an MBA from the Harvard Business School and an Economics degree from the University of Sydney, Australia, where he was born. He is not an engineer, but wishes he were. He wrote this dictionary to teach himself his rst loves--telecom and technology. In this dictionary, Newton explains complex technology in non-technical, business language. He believes it's critical to understand what the technology does, what its benefits are and the key tips to using and installing it. That's what this dictionary does.

FROM OUR EDITORS

The Barnes & Noble Review
Few industries offer as many bewildering terms and acronyms as telecom. But few industries have a book as remarkable as Newtonﾒs Telecom Dictionary. Harry Newtonﾒs done everything, knows everything, and can explain all of it. His unique sense of humor actually makes this stuff fun. And heﾒs kept on keepinﾒ on, through divestiture, deregulation, dot-coms, and now 21 annual editions.

Whatever you want/need to know, itﾒs here: wireless, Internet, broadband, VoIP, GPS, RFID, even the money side of telecom (Among other things, Newtonﾒs now a venture capitalist). Youﾒll find 22,000-plus definitions. And many of them go way beyond what youﾒd expect, telling why things work the way they do (or why they donﾒt work the way they ought). Whether youﾒre a telecom engineer, a marketer, or ﾓjustﾔ a customer, Harryﾒs written your one indispensable reference. Again. Bill Camarda, from the April 2005 Read Only

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Why? Because it's impossible to keep up. Newton adds, changes, updates and expands over 100 definitions a week. No other industry changes as fast. No other industry has more confusing terms. If you're NEW or OLD to this industry, you'll use this dictionary. It not only defines the terms and the acronyms. It tells you what the term is, how it works, how you use it, what its business benefits are and how it fits into the scheme of things. This is not a common dictionary. It's far closer to an encyclopedia.

Newton's Telecom Dictionary is unlike any other technical reference you've ever read. First, it assumes that you, the reader, are not technical. Second, it assumes you want to fully understand the term in business terms. So it not only defines the term, but it provides "Buying Checklists," replete with warnings. Salesman use this book to understand their product's benefits. Users use this book to get a handle on conflicting technologies. Bosses use this dictionary to get more than enough info to be dangerous. Consultants use this book to glean higher fees. And lawyers actually use this book in court.

Every "new" telecom company from Intel to Microsoft to Novell, from Apple to National Semiconductor, from IBM to Motorola, from Natural MicroSystems to Dialogic, from Sun to Quest, uses this dictionary for training. All the traditional telecom companies, including AT&T, MCI, Sprint, Lucent, Nortel (Northern Telecom), Bell Atlantic, Rockwell, BellSouth, Ericsson and GTE, have contributed their company's definitions. As a result, Newton's Telecom Dictionary has truly become an industry-standard dictionary.

SYNOPSIS

Why This Dictionary? Why? Because it's impossible to keep up. Newton adds, changes, updates and expands over 100 definitions a week. No other industry changes as fast. No other industry has more confusing terms. If you're NEW or OLD to this industry, you'll use this dictionary. It not only defines the terms and the acronyms. It tells you what the term is, how it works, how you use it, what its business benefits are and how it fits into the greater scheme of things. This is not a common dictionary. It's far closer to an encyclopedia. Newton's Telecom Dictionary is unlike any other technical reference you've ever read. First, it assumes that you, the reader, are not technical. Second, it assumes you want to fully understand the term in business terms. So not only defines the term, but it provides "Buying Checklists," replete with warnings. Salesmen use this book to understand their product's benefits. Users use this book to get a handle on conflicting technologies. Bosses use this dictionary to get more than enough info to be dangerous. Consultants use this book to glean higher fees. And lawyers actually use this book in court. (God help our legal system!) We used to publish a new edition of this dictionary every two years. Now we publish a new edition every year. It's become that hectic. Our guarantee: We keep this dictionary up to date. Whenever you order, you'll always get the latest edition - irrespective of what the ad or write up says. This dictionary covers every form of telecommunications - from digital lines in all their forms to the Internet in all its forms. You'll find detailed definitions - some as long as four pages (mini-essays) - on every form of transmission and switching technology out. You'll find all the new "hot" areas - computer telephony, IP Telephony, Windows Telephony and all the new standards that are, thankfully, opening telecommunications to standards-based systems. Every new telecom company from Intel to Microsoft to Novell, from Apple to National Semiconductor, from IBM to Motorola, from Natural MicroSystems to Dialogic, from Sun to Qwest, uses this dictionary for training. All the traditional telecom companies, including AT&T, MCI, Sprint, Lucent, Nortel (Northern Telecom), Bell Atlantic, Rockwell, BellSouth, Ericsson and GTE, have contributed their company's definitions. As a result, Newton's Telecom Dictionary has truly become an industry-standard dictionary. The dictionary has been very favorably reviewed in the magazines. PC Magazine called it an "essential resource." Business Week says "mystified by terms such as pink noise, pure aloha, Gorizont? Newton can help." Now in its 15th edition, Newton's Telecom Dictionary remains the Biggest-Selling Telecom Dictionary/ Encyclopedia in the world!

FROM THE CRITICS

Business Week

Mystified by terms such as pink noise, pure aloha, Gorizont? . . . Newton can help.

PC Magazine

An essential resource.

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