Oxford English Dictionary OED CD 3.1.1.NEW FREE SHIP Start Price USD 179.99 Current Price USD 179.99 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Sunday, November 23, 2008 End Time Monday, December 01, 2008 Location Reno, NV See more about 'Oxford English Dictionary OED CD 3.1.1.NEW FREE SHIP' Description  Description The Oxford English Dictionary is the internationally recognized authority on the evolution of the English language from 1150 to the present day. The Dictionary defines over 500,000 words and traces their usage through 2.5 million illustrative quotations from a wide range of literary and other sources. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, pronunciation, and history of the English language. This new version of the Oxford English Dictionary (Second Edition) on CD-ROM offers unparalleled access to the world's most important reference work for the English language. The text of this version now includes almost 2,000 words and phrases from the OED team's ongoing revision program, as well as the full text of the OED Second Edition, published in 1989, the Oxford English Dictionary Addition Series (Volumes 1-3) , published in 1993 and 1997, the Bibliography to the Second Edition, and other ancillary material. Minimum system requirements: PC with 200 MHz Pentium-class processor 32 MB RAM (64 MB recommended) 16-speed CD-ROM drive (32-speed recommended) Windows 95, 98, 98 Se, Me, NT, 2000, XP, or Vista Minimum 1.1 GB hard disk space to run the OED from the CD-ROM and 1.7 GB to install the CD-ROM to the hard diskValidation NOT required every 90 days. SVGA monitor: 800 x 600 pixels, 16-bit (64k, high color) setting recommended Features The powerful advanced search makes it possible to exploit the vast wealth of information in the OED to the fullest. Complex search expressions can be built through the use of Boolean operators, case-sensitive searching, exact character searching, restricting searches to the previous search results, searching in pronunciations, and an extended range of wildcard options. The Automatic Look-up feature enables fast access to the OED headwords from any Microsoft Office 97, 2000, or XP application. This feature can also be used to look up words in the definition or quotation text. New functionality: Improved software eliminates the need for periodic CD insertion and validation. Reviews "The complete, digitized version of the authoritative dictionary of the English language turns out to be one of those rare, but startlingly clear demonstrations of how technology may yet be a good thing after all. Instead of dropping $900 and sacrificing most of a bookcase for the full, 20-volume paper edition of the OED, you can get the same information neatly packed onto a single CD"--Washington Post Product Details ISBN13: 978-0-19-522217-3ISBN10: 0-19-522217-2 Place a Bid!