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Summary: If you got the 16th edition, you should be covered.
Review: Being that telecom expands with new telephony techniques and bandwith growth every year, the need for a new Dictionary is very much needed. BUT........ terms, phrases and meanings haven't changed just pretty much how these terms relate to each other. Circuit-to-circuit switching in a DMS or 5E has been updated in the past 2 years to circuit-to-packet and now for this year it's packet-to-packet switching (voice over I.P. switching by Sonus) to add even more capabilties over the same circuit. Same old phrases just more confusion for the non-engineer and technician. If you have the 16th edition, check with someone who has this 17. There isn't that much more added, but if this is your 1st purchase of this series of Dictionarys, then of course get the 17th. Not at all, am I downing this book. Just trying to save money for those who have the 16th. oNe
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Summary: Excellent Book! Get the 18th Edition!
Review: Can't do without it! Don't get fooled...into buying the 16th or 17th edition as the 18th edition goes to press this month.
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Summary: Rules The Telecom Acronym World
Review: I have the 15th edition and 17th edition of this book and they are both great. I also own the McGraw-Hill telecom dictionary - Here is a quick comparison of my most prized books that I hope shoppers find useful- Newtons version covers LOTS of terms, with quick simple, sometimes too simple definitions. For acronyms it rules, if it is not here you probably wont find it anywhere. It is very simple, and 99.99% text. The mcGraw version 3rd edition also has LOTS of terms, but does not include the funny terminology or interest items that Newtons does. What it does have are TONS of pictures-diagrams that help the definitions. The CD included with the book makes it more complete. The only bad thing about the McGraw Hill book is there are some typos.... I dont think I could live without either one of these books. They are very different in style and hard to compare, but both are great. Simply stated, the Newton dictionary is more QUANTITY oriented and has more terms, the McGraw-Hill dictionary is extremely QUALITY oriented. I would rate them both a 5..... but since the Newtons does not come with a reference CD I had to give it a 4. This is a Must have book for anyone that works with or wants to know more about Voice and Data. Anyone serious about having a handy reference collection will probably own both this book and the McGraw Hill dictionary.
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Summary: Rules The Telecom Acronym World
Review: I have the 15th edition and 17th edition of this book and they are both great. I also own the McGraw-Hill telecom dictionary - Here is a quick comparison of my most prized books that I hope shoppers find useful- Newtons version covers LOTS of terms, with quick simple, sometimes too simple definitions. For acronyms it rules, if it is not here you probably wont find it anywhere. It is very simple, and 99.99% text. The mcGraw version 3rd edition also has LOTS of terms, but does not include the funny terminology or interest items that Newtons does. What it does have are TONS of pictures-diagrams that help the definitions. The CD included with the book makes it more complete. The only bad thing about the McGraw Hill book is there are some typos.... I dont think I could live without either one of these books. They are very different in style and hard to compare, but both are great. Simply stated, the Newton dictionary is more QUANTITY oriented and has more terms, the McGraw-Hill dictionary is extremely QUALITY oriented. I would rate them both a 5..... but since the Newtons does not come with a reference CD I had to give it a 4. This is a Must have book for anyone that works with or wants to know more about Voice and Data. Anyone serious about having a handy reference collection will probably own both this book and the McGraw Hill dictionary.
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Summary: The REAL Telecom for Dummies Book
Review: I have worked in Telecom industry for over 4 years. When I entered this market I knew NOTHING about Telecommunications. I was given the Newton's 7th addition by my mentor. I credit, in part, this book in all its additions to my rapid career growth. Newton's is essential for any training personnel, supervisor or manager in our call center.
As a side note, the humor and laymen's terminology make the book more enjoyable.
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Summary: 5 stars but for one thing
Review: I love this book, but it would be more useful if all of the entries weren't capitalized. For example, "Seek Time." Should I write, "This drive has a high Seek Time." How can you tell whether to capitalize the word? A minor flaw, you say? Not if you're a tech writer or editor. Like my prof used to say, I take off for spelling. Four stars for this otherwise great book.
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Summary: 5 stars but for one thing
Review: I love this book, but it would be more useful if all of the entries weren't capitalized. There are countless cases of dubious capitalization. Take for example the entry "Land Line." To make it worse, it is spelled "Landline" in the definition: "...completed via a Landline." How can you tell whether to capitalize, hyphenate, or separate the words? A minor flaw, perhaps? Not if you're writing or editing. Like my prof used to say, I take off for spelling. Four stars for this otherwise great book, a must for any telecom library.
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Summary: Fantastic in a bind
Review: I recently took a beta certification test (web based) from a Telecommunications manufacturer and was able to use the dictionary to flesh out answers that I did not know by heart. Did you know that the European E3 standard is 2.048 Mbps (30B+2D) ?? I remembered reading that somewhere, but Newton's Telecom Dictionary saved me from missing that question. I strongly recommend this for anyone who doesn't have memory like a steel trap.
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Summary: Superior Dictionary worth its' weight in gold!
Review: I was first introduced to Newton's TeleCom Dictionary while serving as a MARS Operator aboard U.S.S. England (CG-22) in the early to mid-80's. This book is exactly what it purports to be - a dictionary for modern day Telecom professionals. It is not designed to fully explain concepts of Telecommunications - rather it is designed to serve as a basic reference for those times when you quickly need to know the meaning of an acronym. From the definition contained in Newton's you can then move on to more in-depth sources of information. A neat feature are the updates via Internet. This book covers a vast and broad area and does it extremely well. It should be a standard reference for all CT and IT professionals. Well worth the price.
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Summary: Newton?s Telecom Dictionary, The Official Dictionary of Tele
Review: Review of Newton's Telecom Dictionary, The Official Dictionary of Telecommunications & the Internet. Author Harry Newton is one of the wonderful eccentrics that populate the world of telecommunications. Newton removes the word boring from telecommunications by producing an easy-to-read dictionary with illustrations. One basic way in which the dictionary comes is handy is during the all too frequent job-hopping that happens out here in the Silicon Valley. I once heard one of my bosses, departing from a startup that had gotten too big, say, "Don't worry. You'll see me again. The Silicon Valley is really just one company." It may be one company, but it is one company that speaks many languages. I do not mean simply the wonderful feeling of being submerged in divergent cultures at the nightly startup company dinner at 7:30 every night 7 nights a week, where Hindi and Mandarin and whatever dialect they speak in Shanghai is used instead of Pass the salt in English. Newton's dictionary helps establish a lingua franca for telecommunications terms, so at least I know what SIP and MGCP, to pick two terms out of a hat that Newton defines well. I read Newton when I want a quick refresher on any of a wide range of telecommunication-related subjects by reading for example all entries on power requirements or taking what tangent I need to understand what NEBS-compliance means. He frequently surprises, as when between a number of hard-core engineering terms, he suddenly defines his son Michael, which I suggest you look up. He is easy to reach by phone if you have a new term or other contribution suggestion. Read the book and call him up to talk about it. He is a trip, as they say here in California. Joel Solkoff, Senior Technical Writer, IP Unity, Milpitas, California
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