The modern age is full of jargon, and the world of computers and the internet is no exception. In this book Chatfield gives us a reasonably comprehensive list of words, along with examples, an explanation and sometimes a little history on each word and phrase.

This is along the lines of other books that seek to clear the air and mystery behind the words that people use in their profession. But unlike, Who Touched Base in My Thought Shower, a book on office jargon, this is not written with humour or wit that makes a book like this so readable normally. It was interesting in parts, but not particularly great; which is a shame as I like language books normally.




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Those who probably should read this book probably won't, and I'd love to get some of my workmates to read it to learn that I don't make some of the terms I use up. Sorely needs an index for the paper version.

It's basically a series of essays on various internet terms and their roots, made me smile, sometimes wryly, at it and I enjoyed dipping in. Not something to read in a lump but one or two chapters at a time. ( )