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Dictionary of e-business : a definitive guide to technology and business terms / Francis Botto.
By: Botto, Francis
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BookPublisher: Chichester, England ; New York : Wiley & Sons, c2000Description: ix, 334 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0471881457 (alk. paper).Other title: Guide to technology and business terms | Technology and business terms.Subject(s): Electronic commerce -- DictionariesDDC classification: 658.84
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 658.84 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00092239 |
Total holds: 0
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In a fast-moving technical environment like multimedia and the Internet only exactitude can guarantee success. An 'almost correct' specification is a wrong specification. Make total accuracy your IT signature with this invaluable guide.
It offers detailed definitions of the bewildering array of terms and phrases relating to the Internet, plus short articles to explain more complex topics. Covering graphics, sound and data- you'll never fall victim to fuzzy thinking again. New and emerging areas are included such as electronic commerce, security, creating DVD discs, and briefs on new business applications and services.
No need to risk disastrous misinterpretation when one can have total accuracy at one's fingertips.
Over 2500 references and 35 illustrations Explains new and emerging technologies Bridges the gap between definition and explanation Provides useful tradename information In-depth entries illuminate specific topicsTable of contents provided by Syndetics
- Andrew Adams is Senior Lecturer in Finance and Director of the Centre for Financial Markets Research at the University of Edinburgh
- He has studied financial markets for over thirty years, as a practitioner in the City of London and as an academic
- His research interests focus mainly on investment trust pricing and risk
- Philip Booth is Professor of Insurance and Risk Management at the Sir John Cass Business School, City of London and Editorial and Programme Director at the Institute of Economic Affairs
- He is a former special adviser at the Bank of England and previously held the Chair in Real Estate Finance and Investment at the Sir John Cass Business School
- He has a long experience of teaching and researching in the fields of investment and social insurance and is author or co-author of a number of books and papers in these fields
- Philip Booth is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries and of the Royal Statistical Society
- David Bowie is a Partner and head of quantitative analysis in the Investment Practice of Hymans Robertson Consultants & Actuaries
- His focus is on the development and application of asset/liability modelling and the use of capital market theory in providing investment advice to pension funds and other institutional investors
- Della Freeth is Reader in Education for Health Care Practice at St Bartholomew School of Nursing and Midwifery, City University, where she conducts quantitative and qualitative research