Differences of terminology in dictionaries of informatics and computer equipment

The article aims to compare the terminology of the publications “Informatikos ir kompiuterinės įrangos” [Informatics and computer equipment: concise explanatory English-Lithuanian dictionary of terms] (1993) and its second edition of 1995 and to show attempts at term normalisation discussing different terms and synonyms in both dictionaries. Having compared the terminology of the both dictionaries, differences in one-word, two-word, three-word terms and other terms were established. The majority of differences comprise 45.9% of two-word terms. 14.9% of differences in one-word and three-word computer terms were established respectively. 18 (24.3% of all identified cases of changes) cases of changes of terms were established. The both dictionary present one-word and compound synonymous terms. There are 33 synonymous terms in the first edition, and 15 in the second edition. In the first edition the majority of synonymous terms are two-word terms (51.5%). Synonymous one-word terms make 24.2 %, three word terms - 9.1 %, other cases of synonymy - 15.2 %. In the second edition there are 46.7 % of synonymous one-word terms, 40 % of two-word terms and 13.3 % of three-word terms. In the first edition there are synonymous terms, which differ with the number of components (15.2% of all synonyms). The analysis of both editions leads to the conclusion that in respect of terminography the second edition was better, efforts towards normalization in this edition are clearly visible. It presents a larger number of terms and includes fewer synonyms