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Date Posted:November 4, 2009
Planned Start Date:November 6, 2009
Estimated Delivery Date:November 30, 2009
Type:Fixed-Price
Main Category:Writing & Translation
Sub Category:Technical Writing
Skills: Tech Writer
Estimated Budget:$450
Last Buyer Activity:November 22, 2009
Candidates: 57 - average $431.19
Interviews: 3 - average $441.32
 
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Preferred Qualifications
English skill:above 5
Feedback score:above 4
Passed test:English Vocabulary Test (U.S. Version)
LocationEast Asia
 
Buyer Facts
Member Since:October 23, 2009
Country:United States (GMT-05)
City:Boston
Jobs Posted:6
Jobs Filled:4
Jobs Not Yet Filled:1
Current Team size:4
Hours billed, last 30 days:15
Total oDesk Hours:15.50
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I'm looking for a 100% English proficient tech writer to gather approximately several thousand computing terms.  From these terms, to then write clear and understandable definitions in one or two sentences.  All compiled in a Excel spreadsheet.

The list should be comprehensive BUT the definitions  not need not be comprehensive.  In fact definitions they should be fairly brief.

These terms will be mostly widely accepted in the computing realm.  A small percentage of terms I am sure will be less known, and industry-niche specific. But I estimate 95% of all terms will pertain to all-things-computing.

Example of terms and their 1-to-2 sentence definitions include:

BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) is data on a computer that controls its most basic operations. It is responsible for initializing a computer's hardware and usually held in a ROM chip on the motherboard.

Augmented Reality (AR) a view of a physical real-world environment whose elements are merged with (or augmented by) virtual computer-generated imagery.

Serial ATA (SATA) storage-interface for connecting host bus adapters (most commonly integrated into laptop computers and desktop motherboards) to mass storage devices (such as hard disk drives and optical drives).

SATA (Serial Advanced Technology Attachment). Data tranfer technology at rates ranging from 150MB/s to 600MB/s. 

Challenging project yes, although hundreds if not thousands of definitions can be collected at just a few key Internet resources such as http://www.google.com/dictionary.  The proficient writing part comes in play by not only gathering terms but modifying their known or published definitions to make them -- whenever possible -- more understandable to a regular person.

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