Author: Alexander Humez
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199717187
Size: 24.40 MB
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Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 272
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Despite the humble origins of its name (Anglo Saxon for "the speck at the head of a boil"), the dot has been one of the most versatile players in the history of written communication, to the point that it has become virtually indispensable. Now, in On the Dot, Alexander and Nicholas Humez offer a wide ranging, entertaining account of this much overlooked and minuscule linguistic sign. The Humez brothers shed light on the dot in all its various forms. As a mark of punctuation, they show, it plays many roles--as sentence stopper, a constituent of the colon (a clause stopper), and the ellipsis (dot dot dot). In musical notation, it denotes "and a half." In computerese, it has several different functions (as in dot com, the marker between a file name and its extension, and in some slightly more arcane uses in programming languages). The dot also plays a number of roles in mathematics, including the notation of world currency (such as dollars dot cents), in Morse code (dots and dashes), and in the raised dots of Braille. And as the authors connect all these dots, they take readers on an engaging tour of the highways and byways of language, ranging from the history of the question mark and its lesser known offshoots the point d'ironie and the interrobang, to acronyms and backronyms, power point bullets and asterisks, emoticons and the "at-sign." Playful, wide-ranging, and delightfully informative, On the Dot reveals how thoroughly the dot is embedded in our everyday world of words and ideas, acquiring a power inversely proportional to its diminutive size.
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Author: Sohana Kādarī
Publisher: Calcutta : Writers Workshop
ISBN:
Size: 11.46 MB
Format: PDF, ePub
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Languages : en
Pages : 60
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Author: Kristina Abissi
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1466966041
Size: 53.90 MB
Format: PDF, ePub
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Languages : en
Pages : 12
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Young children everywhere will enjoy my illustrated book The Dot. Young children will identify to the stick drawings and feel they can draw a story too. The Dot can talk to the reader. The Dot had a party with friends and got tired and slept under a tree. One day, the Dot was hot, hot, hot! Another day, the Dot was cold, cold, cold! The Dot got stepped on and moved to a better place. The moral of my story is that children are small people that can talk, want to have fun, and have feelings and that it is best to walk away when someone hurts you. Just like the Dot, you can find a better place.
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Author: Brigitte Preissl
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9783790800838
Size: 49.57 MB
Format: PDF
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 287
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After the dramatic failures of the dot coms in 2000 and 2001, many observers were quick to report on the death of electronic commerce. Investor confidence sagged, stock prices of technology firms in nearly all of the related sectors suffered. In reality, the picture is not nearly as dismal as the press would have us believe. E-commerce is not dead, but it has moved beyond its overhyped beginning stage. This book is an effort to sort through the hype, providing a realistic assessment of the state of electronic commerce today, and the important areas of opportunity and challenge for tomorrow. The book sees all kind of developments where e-business is becoming an integral part of ‘traditional’ business processes, with special emphasis on practical and policy importance. E-commerce scholars from a number of disciplines and countries contribute to assess the impact of the dot com bust and the current state of e-commerce.
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Author: Beverly Dargento
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1438922876
Size: 51.63 MB
Format: PDF, Mobi
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Languages : en
Pages : 16
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This engaging book about spots adventure is sure to delight children. It can be both a fun-to-read bedtime story or educate in the classroom for all pre school and kindergarten readers. Children will be able to interact with spot the dot and identify colors, numbers and shapes. What a fun way to entertain young readers!
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Author: A. Sole
Publisher: Chipmunkapublishing ltd
ISBN: 1849911339
Size: 56.29 MB
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Author: Robert E. Litan
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
ISBN: 9780815798125
Size: 67.38 MB
Format: PDF, Mobi
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 120
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In just a few years, the Internet has had a visible impact on the daily lives of many Americans. But the recent demise of many of the "dot coms" that symbolized the Internet revolution has raised warning flags about its future. Until now, discussion of the impact of the Internet on the economy has been mostly speculation. In Beyond the Dot.coms, two of the nation's most respected economists articulate the anticipated economic impact of the Internet over the next five years. Drawing from detailed research conducted by the Brookings Task Force on the Internet and the Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy (BRIE) Internet Task Force (see page 10), Robert Litan and Alice Rivlin address the Internet's potential impacts on productivity, prices, and market structure. The research suggests that the most significant economic impact of the Internet will be its potential to increase productivity growth in the existing economy—with cheaper transactions, greater management efficiency, increased competition and broadened markets, more effective marketing and pricing, and increased consumer choice, convenience, and satisfaction. The greatest impact may not be felt in e-commerce, but rather in a wide range of "old economy" arenas, including health care and government.
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Author: Benny Ong
Publisher: VelocitySpark.net
ISBN:
Size: 68.10 MB
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Languages : en
Pages : 110
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