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Acronym Finder
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The Acronym Finder is a world wide web (WWW) searchable database of more than 270,000 abbreviations and acronyms about computers, technology, telecommunications, and military acronyms and abbreviations. The Acronym Finder is not a glossary of terms, web search engine, dictionary, or a thesaurus -- it is only designed to search for and expand acronyms and abbreviations.
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Chicago Manual of Style FAQ
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Even at nearly 1,000 pages, The Chicago Manual of Style can’t cover every detail. In this forum the manuscript editors of the University of Chicago Press interpret the Manual’s recommendations and uncoil its intricacies. Questions and answers are grouped by keywords.
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Dictionary.com
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Look up the definitions of words, phrases, and abbreviations. Use the Roget's Interactive Thesaurus to find just the right word to express yourself.
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IEEE Professional Communication Society
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The primary mission of the IEEE Professional Communication society (PCS) is to help engineers and technical communicators develop skills in written and oral presentation.
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Society for Technical Communication
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STC is an individual membership organization dedicated to advancing the arts and sciences of technical communication. It is the largest organization of its type in the world. Its 25,000 members include technical writers and editors, content developers, documentation specialists, technical illustrators, instructional designers, academics, information architects, usability and human factors professionals, visual designers, Web designers and developers, and translators - anyone whose work makes technical information available to those who need it.
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The Elements of Style
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Asserting that one must first know the rules to break them, this classic reference book is a must-have for any student and conscientious writer. Intended for use in which the practice of composition is combined with the study of literature, it gives in brief space the principal requirements of plain English style and concentrates attention on the rules of usage and principles of composition most commonly violated.
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U.S. Library of Congress
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The Library of Congress is the nation's oldest federal cultural institution, and it serves as the research arm of Congress. It is also the largest library in the world, with more than 120 million items on approximately 530 miles of bookshelves. The collections include more than 18 million books, 2.5 million recordings, 12 million photographs, 4.5 million maps, and 54 million manuscripts.
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