We’ve compiled a Glossary from several sources…
Source: BackYardChickens.com
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Chicken Glossary
Monday, October 26th, 2009Reference Shelf: Online Glossary of Economic Terms from The Economist
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009An A-Z list (browse) of economic and economic related terms. The online content is adapted from the book Essential Economics by Matthew Bishop from Profile Books. You don’t have to be an Economist subscriber to access the complete glossary.
From Absolute Advantage to Zero-sum game.
Source: The Economist
New Resource from NIST: Information Technology: Glossary of Acronyms, Abbreviations
Monday, October 5th, 2009NIST (the National Institute of Standards and Technology) hopes to bring some order to the sometimes inconsistent and often confusing world of IT (information technology) acronyms and abbreviations by publishing a glossary of commonly used terms.
NIST Interagency Report (“NISTIR”) 7581 , “System and Network Security Acronyms and Abbreviations,” runs the alphabetical gamut from A (address resource record type) to ZSK (zone signing key).
“The capitalization, spelling and definitions of acronyms and abbreviations frequently vary among publications,” the report states. Some abbreviations, such as WWW, have a universally recognized meaning, while others have multiple definitions. For instance, MAC can stand for mandatory access control, Media Access Control, Medium Access Control or message authentication code. Others might contain an internal logic but can be confusing at first glance. For instance, Triple DES (Data Encryption Standard) is often abbreviated as 3DES.
Access the Full Text of the IT Glossary (32 pages; PDF)
Source: GCN
A Collection of English-Spanish Glossaries from the U.S. Government
Monday, October 5th, 2009These glossaries are from the Spanish Language Style Guide from WebContent.gov.
+ English-Spanish Glossary of Federal Agencies, Officials and Laws
+ Frequently Mistranslated English Terms
+ Names of US States and Territories (in English and Spanish)
+ Spanish Health Care Terms in the United States (in English and Spanish)
+ Spanish Information Technology Terms (in English and Spanish)
Fashion Designer Dictionary
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009Don’t know Lagerfeld from Lanvin?
TheBudgetFashionista’s Guide to the Designers You Need Know is a will fill you in on the designers and design lines that you need to know to be a well informed fashionista.
What you’ll find in this guide:
- A pronunciation guide. So you can finally pronounce “Versace” correctly.
- Tips for getting the designs for less. Cause there’s no since in having an authentic Fendi bag, if you can’t pay your bills
- Notes on designers who have/had budget friendly lines…
Source: TheBudgetFashionista
A Glossary of Agricultural Terms, Programs and Laws
Friday, March 27th, 2009A Glossary of Agricultural Terms, Programs and Laws
A product of the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress at the request of the U.S. House Committee on Agriculture
Source: U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Agriculture
National Funeral Directors Association: Glossary
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009National Funeral Directors Association: Glossary
Glossary of funeral industry terms. Browse alphabetically or search.
Source: NFDA
New: Thesaurus for Use in College and University Archives
Thursday, February 19th, 2009From the Site:
SAA’s latest ePublication, Thesaurus for Use in College and University Archives, compiled and edited by Kate Bowers, is a set of 1,300 terms for use by any college or university archives in the U.S. for describing its holdings.
Source: SAA
A Guide To Communications Terms
Sunday, February 15th, 2009Glossary — The Language of Local Government
Thursday, February 5th, 2009The Language of Local Government
This list of definitions and acronyms provides easy-to-understand explanations of words, phrases, terms and acronyms commonly used in local government that may not be familiar to citizens or newly elected or appointed municipal officials.
Source: City of Port St. Lucie
Terms of Environment: Glossary, Abbreviations and Acronyms
Thursday, January 1st, 2009A glossary of terms, abbreviations and acronyms from the Environmental Protection Agency (U.S.).
Source: EPA
NAL Publishes New Editions of Agricultural Thesaurus, Glossary
Sunday, December 21st, 2008NAL Publishes New Editions of Agricultural Thesaurus, Glossary
The USDA National Agricultural Library (NAL) has published 2008 editions of its NAL Agricultural Thesaurus (NALT) and Glossary of Agricultural Terms in both Spanish and English. The update is published collaboratively with the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA).
NAL, the world’s foremost research library focused on agriculture, is part of the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s chief scientific research agency.
The 2008 edition of the Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary adds about 70 new definitions in Spanish and English, with expanded terminology associated with fuels, chocolate manufacture, bodies of water, the U.S. National Forest System, and acronyms used in the taxonomic classification of viruses.
The Thesaurus and Glossary Web site features a new format presenting parallel English and Spanish language interfaces, enabling users to search and read all background materials in either language.
It also features a “Download Files” page enabling users to download the thesaurus and glossary files in an array of formats. A “Contact us” page is also included where users can propose terms to be added to the thesaurus and glossary.
+ Search the thesaurus
+ Download the thesaurus
Source: National Agricultural Library
Glossary of Teen Slang Around Drugs & Alcohol
Thursday, November 27th, 2008Glossary of Teen Slang Around Drugs & Alcohol
Below are teen slang terms that are popular references for drugs, alcohol and some of the behaviors associated with them. Included are examples of sentences that offer the context in which they can be used.
Source: Caron Treatment Centers
Glossary for Scientology and Dianetics
Monday, November 24th, 2008Glossary for Scientology and Dianetics
“This glossary has been provided to assist you in defining words and phrases you encounter in reading the Scientology and Dianetics websites. This is not meant to take the place of standard language or Scientology dictionaries, which should be referred to for any words that do not appear in the glossary.” From AA (attempted abortion) to withhold.
Source: Church of Scientology International
Credit Card Glossary: Terms and Definitions
Friday, November 21st, 2008Credit Card Glossary: Terms and Definitions
Confused by credit card terms? CreditCards.com’s glossary of credit card definitions will help. From account holder to Regulation Z, we have defined the most-common and most-confusing credit card terms.
Source: CreditCards.com
Politics Glossary
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008Political terms defined and deciphered.
187 terms — look up by category or alphabetically.
Source: Washington Post
Glossary — People on the Move : Handbook of Selected Terms and Concepts
Sunday, November 2nd, 2008People on the Move : Handbook of Selected Terms and Concepts
Migration has moved high on the international agenda; it is now the focus of sensitive debates and growing media attention in a variety of contexts. Intense interest is shown in specific issues which have only emerged fully in recent years: the situation of internally displaced persons, the dynamics of a `migration-development nexus’, or the consequences of environmental change on human displacement. Meanwhile, the future of international refugee protection and standards of national asylum policies appears fragile and uncertain. An extensive terminology has evolved to cover standing and emerging issues as they also relate to the larger fields of human rights and development.
This handbook takes stock of the present use of some selected terms and concepts. It is designed to be accessible to a general public which may not be familiar with the detailed discussions in the field of refugee and migration policy.
Source: The Hague Process on Refugees and Migration/UNESCO
Hat tip: UN Pulse
Glossary: Moving Terminology
Tuesday, October 7th, 2008Moving Terminology
Understand the terms in your quotes and documentation.
Source: American Moving and Storage Association.
Green Building Glossary
Friday, October 3rd, 2008Green Building Glossary
Alphabetical listing, from Absorption Chiller to Worm Bin (”System for on-site management of food scraps and other organic materials. Similar to a compost bin, a worm bin uses worms to digest organic wastes, in a process known as ‘vermicomposting’.”)
Who knew?
Source: City of Seattle, Department of Planning and Development
Campbell R. Harvey’s Hypertextual Finance Glossary
Monday, August 18th, 2008Campbell R. Harvey’s Hypertextual Finance Glossary
Over 8,000 Entries and 18,000 Hyperlinks. The largest financial glossary on the Internet.
Source: Campbell R. Harvey, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University
