2006-09-24 18:29:54 · 4 answers · asked by haroonmalik16 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
If the two terms are not actually used interchangeably, then I would assume the user guide was arranged sequentially, with "here's how you set it up and learn to run it" approach. Not actually a training manual, but closer to that then a reference guide, which would probably be for details on the various functions, probably arranged alphabetically to a major extent, like an index.
Back in the good old days, you had all that plus a tutorial packaged in new software boxes. Now . . .
2006-09-24 18:35:23 · answer #1 · answered by auntb93again 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
user guide: (from wikipedia)
, also commonly known as a manual, is a technical communication document intended to give assistance to people using a particular system. It is written by a technical writer.
User guides are most commonly associated with electronic goods, computer hardware and software.
Most user guides contain both a written guide and the associated images. In the case of computer applications it is usual to include screenshots of how the program should look, and hardware manuals often include clear, simplified diagrams. The language is written to match up with the intended audience with jargon kept to a minimum or explained thoroughly.
basically, a user guide is a book with step-by-step preocess of how to do something, usually computer related. I couldn't find an actual definition of reference guide, but i think it could be a book on information on a certain topic, like literature, or history...or it could be a book with several topics, like an encyclopedia. Hope this helped
2006-09-24 18:39:49 · answer #2 · answered by Andie183 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unix is popular operating system, developed by AT&T in 1969 and it has been very important to the development of the Internet. It is a multi-processing, multi-user, family of operating systems that run on a variety of architectures. UNIX allows more than one user to access a computer system at the same time. Linux A widely used Open Source Unix-like operating system kernel. Linux was first released by its inventor Linus Torvalds in 1991. Combining the Linux kernel with the GNU software forms the basis of the operating system family generally known as 'Linux'. This open source of 'linux' has taken by Ubuntu and fedora companies then they Make changes and included some features then they realised like ubuntu-linux, fedora-linux.
2016-03-27 08:02:19 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A reference guide might tend to be shorter, on one sheet, or there might not be any difference at all.
2006-09-24 18:37:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋