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Synopsis
The Oxford English Dictionary is the internationally recognized authority on the evolution of the English language from 1150 to the present day. TheDictionary defines over 500,000 words and traces their usage through 2.5 million illustrative quotations from a wide range of literary and other sources. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, pronunciation, and history of the English language.
This new version of the Oxford English Dictionary (Second Edition) on CD-ROM offers unparalleled access to the world's most important reference work for the English language. The text of this version now includes almost 2,000 words and phrases from the OED team's ongoing revision program, as well as the full text of theOED Second Edition, published in 1989, the Oxford English Dictionary Addition Series (Volumes 1-3), published in 1993 and 1997, the Bibliography to the Second Edition, and other ancillary material.
Minimum system requirements:
PC with 200 MHz Pentium-class processor
32 MB RAM (64 MB recommended)
16-speed CD-ROM drive (32-speed recommended)
Windows 95, 98, 98 Se, Me, NT, 2000, XP, or Vista
Minimum 1.1 GB hard disk space to run the OED from the CD-ROM and 1.7 GB to install the CD-ROM to the hard disk
SVGA monitor: 800 x 600 pixels, 16-bit (64k, high color) setting recommended
For help with difficulties with the OED on CD ROM, please visit www.oup.co.uk/ep/cdroms/oed
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Review
I remember a favourite editor of mine who, when reaching for his OED, would say: `Let us consult the final court of appeal.' To me, it has been many things besides that: an encyclopaedia as well as a word-hoard; an intelligent and knowledgeable friend who never sleeps and whose patience never runs out; an ally in the struggle against stock expressions (and at the Scrabble table); a Borgesian library constituted as a shrine to the story of English
Review
From the reviews of the Second Edition of The Oxford English Dictionary:"The gigantic total picture of the English language...an epic achievement."Anthony Burgess, Observer
A stupendous achievement. (William Golding, Evening Standard)
The greatest reference book ever written. (Stephen Jay Gould, Nature)
A national treasure. (New Statesman & Society)
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