An Online Dictionary of Hi-Tech Terms for Technical Writers: SE VOCAB

© Ugur Akinci
Dictionaries are the bread and butter of our profession. As technical writers we need them like the parched earth needs rain water.
In technical writing, a good dictionary serves at least two important purposes:
(1) To make sure that what we are writing is correct. (If a technical document is not correct, it does not matter what other attributes it has.)
(2) To act as a SME (Subject Matter Expert) on call, explaining hi-tech concepts without the intervention of a human agent.
Here is one such hi-tech dictionary that I’d like to recommend to all my colleagues and technical communication students:

Software and Systems Engineering Vocabulary

 Software and Systems Engineering Vocabulary
https://pascal.computer.org/sev_display/index.action
I wanted to test the depth of this dictionary by searching for the keyword “testing” and it returned me 123 results! Very impressive.
 Software and Systems Engineering Vocabulary
And here is another search I conducted on “Agile”:
 Software and Systems Engineering Vocabulary Let me know what you think about this resource. Add your comment below.