Newton's telecom dictionary: The official dictionary of telecommunications, computer telephony, data communications, voice processing, client/server telephony, networking and the Internet

by Harry Newton

Newton and his editors write this dictionary in non-technical business language. Newton believes that anyone in business ought to be able to understand complex technical terms, and figure their significance. Newton's objective is to explain what the technology means, what it does, what its benefits are, and what its pitfalls are. Newton's Telecom Dictionary defines 22,950 terms, making it the biggest telecom dictionary in the world and one of the largest technical/business dictionaries.

Genres: Nonfiction, Reference, Technology, Technical, Dictionaries, Engineering

1288 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1991

Reviews

[Brain]

This is a great desk reference for those interested in communications. Still highly applicable.

I tend to rate 3 to 5 stars as I don’t bother with books that aren’t acceptable to the subject. 3 stars means it is a good book, but there are better treatments of the subject matter. 4 stars means the book is great and I use it regularly in projects/research. 5 stars is reserved for top 10-20% on a given shelf that abstracted a particularly difficult idea in an easy to understand manner (i.e. it blew my mind).

[carl theaker]

After working in the computer industry for years I
thought I was accustomed to jargon and acronyms, then
we started making computers for telecom companies and
working with them. Phone companies have an 80yr
head start on creating their own gobbldygook and this
book was a great help in deciphering it all, ok most
of it.

[Tara Thue]

This has endlessly helped me at work. Plus, the author inserts humor into bland tech-talk and definitions.

[CJ Flynn]

I've worked in the Telecom industry for over 10 years this is one of the few books that I keep at my desk. I work at a small rural telephone co-op. whenever we hire a new person I try to find a copy of this book so they have some sort of reference guide my favorite edition of it is the 30th edition.

[Atlantis]

An indispensable reference tool for the IT world.

[Jeannie Locke]

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[Kelly]

This book is a must-have for anyone who has anything to do with voice, and if you're in networking, you should get this, because of the popularity of convergence.

[Jay]

Harry is irreverent as ever. A fun break from the usual staid textbook approach to technology, but more helpful than the Dummies series.

[Fred]

I was quite bored. Reading the phone book is more titillating.

[Mikekite]

THE reference book for telecom and network professionals

[Masod Abbasi]

gr8 work has been done by newton ........
he is my hero

[Chad]

Very good reference for my profession. Lots of acronyms.

[Omar]

Great for those that work in telecom.

[Ray Horak]

Too much nonsense in this book. It should be filed in the fictional humor stacks.