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Re: An Idea: An International Directory of Technical Terms
Subject:Re: An Idea: An International Directory of Technical Terms From:"Eric J. Ray" <ejray -at- RAYCOMM -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 1 Oct 1998 08:27:28 -0600
At 08:04 AM 10/1/98 +0930, McMARTIN, Robert wrote:
<snip>
>Each country and industry has a number of different buzz words, jargon,
>or terms specific to the industry. This directory could accumulate the
>terms specifc to each industry, and possibly each country. Just because
>we share a common language, doesn't mean we call every item the same.
>
>While Wayne Douglass, says that Murky$loth have their own glossaries,
>thats okay, but they are just glossaries not every glossary has words
>that we as Tech Writers
>need.
>
>The list could be structured in the following manner:
>
<snip>
>So what say you Eric, got room on your server for a directory.
Deborah reports that there's plenty of space, as long as someone else
puts it together. She will be happy to post it to the site.
Eric
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