Real-Life Communication -- Solution
The following definitions come from Dictionary.com. How do yours
look in comparison?
E-mail: a system of electronic communication
in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that is generated
at the recipient's terminal when he logs in
Internet:
worldwide network of computer networks
Megabyte: a unit of
information equal to one million (1,048,576) bytes
Modem: a
communications device used to connect computers by a telephone line
Mouse:
a hand-operated data input device that moves the cursor on a computer screen
Software:
(computer science) written programs or procedures or rules pertaining to the
operation of a computer system
Besides knowing how to communicate in
writing, the most successful lexicographers know how to interact. David Sanderson,
a computational grammarian, says, "Your typical lexicographer
would be somebody who sticks to himself or herself in a library and doesn't
want to work with other people."
However, the quiet bookish type doesn't
typically advance much in a business setting. "As in any business, the more
people skills you have the better it is. You can direct teams of people. In
a software business, especially, it's a team kind of environment," explains
Sanderson.