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Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CD-ROM edition, Windows/Mac Individual User Version 1.0
Twelfth Edition
Oxford Dictionaries
20 pages
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190x135mm
Software
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18 August 2011
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CD-ROM edition, Windows/Mac Individual User Version 1.0
978-0-19-960109-7
Price: £21.25
(+VAT)
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Network licences available - price on application Contact Customer Services, Electronic Publishing Tel: +44 (0) 1865 353979 Email: network-cds@oup.com
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- Over 240,000 words, phrases, and definitions, covering technical and scientific vocabulary as well as English from around the world
- Hundreds of new words and phrases, based on the latest research from the Oxford English Corpus
- Over 50,000 spoken pronunciations
- Fully customizable interface, plus automatic look-up from other applications
- Compatible with Windows® and Mac operating systems
100 years after its first publication, the twelfth edition of this world-famous bestseller gives the most up-to-date picture of the English language today. The original 1911 edition, revolutionary at the time for its focus on current English and its use of illustrative examples, combined a succinct yet approachable style with coverage of everyday as well as specialist terms. This centenary edition continues this ground-breaking tradition, giving you rich authoritative coverage of English as it is used today.
The CD-ROM version of the dictionary offers full-text search functionality, instant look-up from Windows® documents, including email and
the internet, and high-quality spoken pronunciations for thousands of words, making it ideal for family use, as well as for home, work, and school use. The CD-ROM is both Windows® and Mac compatible.Readership: For anyone who needs an authoritative dictionary of current English for home, study, or work all on a convenient easy-to-install CD-ROM.
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Review(s) from previous edition
"This is the dictionary par excellence for the general reader. - David Malcolm, Times Literary Supplement
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- Windows®: Intel® Pentium® II 450MHz or faster processor (or equivalent); Microsoft® Windows® 7, Windows Vista®, Windows® ServerTM 2003, Windows® XP, Windows® 2000.
- Macintosh®: PowerPC® G3 500MHz or faster processor; Intel® CoreTM Duo 1.83GHz or faster processor; Mac® (PowerPC®): OS X 10.1.x - 10.4.x; Mac® (Intel®): OS X 10.4.x, 10.5.x, 10.6.x.
- All Platforms: 250 MB free hard disk space; monitor with 1024 x 768 pixels and high colour (16 bits per pixel, i.e. 65,536 colours); local CD-ROM/DVD drive (for installation); 16-bit sound card; 512 MB RAM; runs from hard drive only.
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