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Friday, July 20, 2001
http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/2001/07/17/p12s1.htm Everything is up-to-date in this high-tech dictionary By Adam Cooke For many students, there is a certain reluctance that borders on fear and loathing when faced with the prospect of opening and searching through a dictionary. The small type and long lists of definitions can often deter those in search of a word or a proper meaning. But members of the college crowd are nonetheless in need of some defining help - not only because many of them have grown up reading less than their parents, but also because even their high-tech knowledge has its limits. New words and phrases engendered by advances in science and technology are not included in dictionaries even a few years old....
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