Concise Oxford English Dictionary

100 years after its first publication, the twelfth edition of this world-famous bestseller gives the most up-to-date picture of the English language today. The original 1911 edition, revolutionary at the time for its focus on current English and its use of illustrative examples, combined a succinct yet approachable style with coverage of everyday as well as specialist terms. This centenary edition continues this ground-breaking tradition, giving you rich authoritative coverage of English as it is used today.

The CD-ROM version of the dictionary offers full-text search functionality, instant look-up from Windows (R) documents, including email and the internet, and high-quality spoken pronunciations for thousands of words, making it ideal for family use, as well as for home, work, and school use. The CD-ROM is both Windows (R) and Mac compatible.

System Requirements

WindowsRG: Intel (R) Pentium (R) II 450MHz or faster processor (or equivalent); Microsoft (R) Windows (R) 7, Windows Vista (R), Windows (R) ServerTM 2003, Windows (R) XP, Windows (R) 2000. Macintosh (R): PowerPC (R) G3 500MHz or faster processor; Intel (R) Core (R) Duo 1.83GHz or faster processor; Mac (R) (PowerPC (R)): OS X 10.1.x - 10.4.x; Mac (R) (Intel (R)): OS X 10.4.x, 10.5.x, 10.6.x. All Platforms: 250 MB free hard disk space; monitor with 1024 x 768 pixels and high colour (16 bits per pixel, i.e. 65,536 colours); local CD-ROM/DVD drive (for installation); 16-bit sound card; 512 MB RAM; runs from hard drive only.