What's 200 Words Have To Do With Your Computer?

By Maria Marsala
Posted Monday, December 6, 2004

When I worked on Wall Street, I considered a move from one type of bond department to a new type of department. Even though I had been successful in the industry for 7 years, I was still afraid I that I wouldn't know how to be successful in my new department. Then I spoke with one of the other traders, George Adelle, who was also moving to the new department, about my fears. He said I'd do fine... I'd just need to learn some new words and a different way to do the math on this security. This conversation forced me to think and what I ended up realizing was that all that separates one thing from another is learning 200 new words! That's not only true for securities... it's true for so many things in life.

Take computers. They come with 200 new words you need to learn. Using email means learning a list of 200 acronyms. Each new program comes with its own 200 words to learn. Actually each new "thing" in life seems to come with its own 200 words! Next time you're about to stress out as you learn something new, remember... its just 200 new words!

Use the resources below to learn the meanings of any words or acronyms you come across as you learn more about your computer.

Common Acronyms (www.coachmaria.com/articles/acronyms.html)
Web Acronyms (www.ucc.ie/info/net/acronyms/acro.html)
Acronym Finder (http://www.acronymfinder.com/)
Computer and Internet Technology Dictionary(www.webopedia.com)
Internet Dictionary (www.netlingo.com)
Meta Tag Dictionary (http://vancouver-webpages.com/META/)
Dictionary and Thesaurus (www.dictionary.com)

About the Author
Maria Marsala is an internationally known coach, author, and speaker. A former Wall Street trader and manager, she is the author of the ebook Thinking of Starting a Business... Let's Talk About What's Next. Subscribe to her free ezine "Helping You and Your Business Grow" at (http://www.coachmaria.com/ebook/download.html)