glossary n : an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge; usually published as an appendix to a text on that field [syn: gloss]

there is a Glossary of terms used in Wiktionary.

English

Etymology

From glossarium, from glossa.

Pronunciation

/ˈglɒsəɹi/

Noun

1. A list of specialized or technical words with their meanings.

Derived terms

• bilingual glossary

Translations

See also

• :Category:Glossaries

seealso List of glossaries A glossary is a list of terms in a particular domain of knowledge with the definitions for those terms. Traditionally, a glossary appears at the end of a book and includes terms within that book which are either newly introduced or at least uncommon.

A bilingual glossary is a list of terms in one language which are defined in a second language or glossed by synonyms (or at least near-synonyms) in another language.

In a more general sense, a glossary contains explanations of concepts relevant to a certain field of study or action. In this sense, the term is contemporaneously related to ontology.

Core glossary

A core glossary is a simple glossary or defining dictionary which enables definition of other concepts, especially for newcomers to a language or field of study. It contains a small working vocabulary and definitions for important or frequently encountered concepts, usually including idioms or metaphors useful in a culture.

In computer science, a core glossary is a prerequisite to a core ontology. An example of this is seen in SUMO.

Searching glossaries on the web

The search engine Google provides a service to only search web pages belonging to a glossary therefore providing access to a kind of compound glossary of glossary entries found on the web.

See also

• Terminology extraction

References

External links

• The Glossarist - Large list of glossaries
• The TAO of Topic Maps
• GlossaryDirect - searchable directory format
• Glossarytool - tool for glossary generation
• Termbases - Make your own public glossaries

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