About the Wambooli Technology Dictionary

This on-line reference began years ago as The Illustrated Computer Dictionary for Dummies. When that book was first written, my publisher suggested that I keep the entries in plain text format. That way the book could easily be converted into a database and eventually put it up on the Internet.

Ta-da!

The The Illustrated Computer Dictionary for Dummies went out of print years ago. While I had some extra time, I updated the entire reference; bad humor was removed, terms were updated, and the whole thing got a 21st Century make-over. Then I converted the text into a database format. The results are what you find here.

• Use the index at the top of the page to browse by letter; 0 represents famous computer numbers.

• Use the Random button to see any old random word.

• Use the Search button to find an entry.

• If you have a word to suggest, then please use the New Word text box.

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Pronunciation Guide

The problem with spelling in English isn't the consonants, it's the vowels. Well, that and the fact that English has no spelling rules. When you press that old grammar teacher really hard, you'll get her to confess that English is not, after all, Latin. While her type would like English to be Latin, with its strict rules and precise meaning, it's not! English evolved. It's spelling must be memorized or you'll never spell anything correctly. But anyway.

The phonetic interpretations of words in the Wambooli Technology Dictionary are for your reference — so that you don't sound like a dork when you try to pronounce something unknown to you. (That happens a lot with computers.) Here is a rough guide:

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