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LIBRARY

A library is a collection of sources, resources, and services, and the structure in which it is housed; it is organized for use and maintained by a public body, an institution, or a private individual. It can mean the collection itself, the building or room that houses such a collection, or both. The term ‘library ‘has itself acquired a secondary meaning: "a collection of useful material for common use." This sense is used in fields such as computer science, mathematics, statistics, electronics and biology. It can also be used by publishers in naming series of related books, e.g. The Library of Anglo-Catholic Theology ...

Today's libraries are repositories and access points for print, audio, and visual materials in numerous formats, including maps, prints, documents, microform (microform/microfiche), CDs, cassettes, videotapes, DVDs, videogames, e-books, audio books (microfilm/microfiche), and many other electronic resources. Libraries often provide facilities to access to their electronic resources and the Internet ...

... Types

Libraries can be divided into categories by several methods:
By the entity (institution, municipality, or corporate body) that supports or perpetuates them
Academics libraries, corporate libraries, government libraries (such as national libraries), historical society libraries, private libraries, public libraries, school libraries, special libraries …

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Falsos cognados / false friends

Se les llama “false cognates” a las palabras en inglés que por la forma en la que se escriben o se pronuncian, se parecen mucho a una palabra en español, pero en realidad el significado es diferente.

Palabras transparentes o cognados

Los cognados son palabras transparentes, palabras parecidas en ambos idiomas (inglés y español) ya sea en su escritura y pronunciación semejante o igual.

Palabras estructurales

Son aquellas que unen a las conceptuales e indican relaciones entre ellas. Son los artículos, las
preposiciones, las conjunciones y las interjecciones.

Palabras conceptuales

Son aquellas que tienen significado es decir, los verbos, adverbios, sustantivo y adjetivos.