From the Glossary:

The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) created the Talking Glossary of Genetic Terms to help everyone understand the terms and concepts used in genetic research. In addition to definitions, specialists in the field of genetics share their descriptions of terms, and many terms include images, animation and links to related terms.

Linked information explains how to cite a term from the Glossary in a reference paper. Another link allows you to suggest a term currently not in the glossary that you feel would be a valuable addition. And there is a link to email any of the 200+ terms to a friend.

Source: National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)

We’ve compiled a Glossary from several sources…

Source: BackYardChickens.com

From Absolute Advantage to Zero-sum game.

Source: The Economist

NIST (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

+ 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)

Don’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 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

Source: NFDA

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.

Direct to Thesaurus

Source: SAA

From 3G to Wi-Max.

Source: Dow Jones

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

Source: EPA

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

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

Source: Church of Scientology International

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

Political terms defined and deciphered.

187 terms — look up by category or alphabetically.

Source: Washington Post

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

Source: American Moving and Storage Association.

Who knew?

Source: City of Seattle, Department of Planning and Development