One Word about Copyright

No doubt to respect the intellectual rights of others is one of most basic and important rules for a fruitful interaction on the Internet. What is widely taught to students at universities’ bibliography lessons is quite unknown to regular Internet user.
But there are case worse than that. Many times I see one and the same [...]

Accounting, Business Studies and Economics Dictionary

Accounting, Business Studies and Economics Dictionary
No. of terms: 3000
Description: Comprehensive source of definitions for commerce related terms, especially from the field Economics, Business and Accounting. The dictionary, created by ITS Tutorial School, Hong Kong, is “aimed at supporting secondary and tertiary students who are studying business and commerce related subjects.”
Example term: Windfall profits
Refers [...]

SAP Glossary

SAP Glossary
No. of terms: above 6000 (I stopped counting)

Golden Favourite
Description: One of the most comprehensive computer dictionaries that you will able to find on the Internet. Comparable to IBMs Dictionary also with SAP dictionary you can be sure to get informed and qualified definitions. Despite the description by SAP  as “A list of [...]

Suicide & Grief Glossary

Suicide & Grief Glossary
No. of terms: 300+
Description: This glossary, compiled by Tony Salvatore, offers brief definitions of selected terms. It is intended as aid to the bereaved, to nonprofessionals, and to students. Many of the terms included have more scholarly, technical or clinical meanings. Further reference is encouraged.
Example term: WERTHER EFFECT
Concept of COMPLETION [...]

Glossary of Cheese Terms

Glossary of Cheese Terms
No. of terms: 200+
Description: Brought to you by the Wisconsin’s Diary Producers, this glossary gives a very good overview of technical terms and terminology related to cheese. Holds definitions of terms interesting to the laymen as well as to professionals.
Example term: Ciliegini
A term describing the small, traditional size of Fresh Mozzarella, [...]

Samuel Adams – Beer Encyclopedia

Samuel Adams – Beer Encyclopedia
No. of terms: approximately 100

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Description: Improve your beer vocabulary with Samuel Adams’ Beer Encyclopedia. This is the ultimate dictionary for beer lovers. Navigate this rich illustrated dictionary by alphabet or by relationship of the issues. Please note that Samuel Adams “takes seriously our responsibility to limit website access to [...]

Glossary of Coffee Terminology

Glossary of Coffee Terminology
No. of terms: n.a.
Description: I found this well researched glossary of coffee related terms on the Lucidcafe Website, that is “serving Coffee, Art, History and Literature Lovers on the World-Wide-Web since 1995″. Lucidcafé is operated by Robin Chew. A must visit for coffee lovers!

Example term: musty
An odor taint giving the coffee beans [...]

NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms

NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms Also reachable under: http://www.cancer.gov/dictionary/
No. of terms: 4000+

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NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms, by the National Cancer Institute, is one of the most comprehensive medical dictionaries found on the Web. It is also partially used in diverse glossaries on US Government sites with a smaller focus.
The Cancer Dictionary [...]

Use it with Babylon

I am still looking for ways to make this Blog as useful as possible. The latest idea is to add information if a glossary or dictionary is also available on the Babylon Dictionary Software. I am a satisfied user of Babylon, also contributed already some dictionaries on my own, and I will add the following [...]

IBM Terminology

IBM Terminology
No. of terms: several thousands!
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This IBM resource,  or should we say computer dictionary, consolidates the terminology from many IBM products, but at its core it holds endless entries of base computer terminology, terms and definitions. It is to my best knowledge one of the most comprehensive and  best maintain reference source [...]