Glossary and Nomenclature generation (LaTeX)

["C.J.LAWSON" <C.J.Lawson@Cranfield.ac.uk>]

Hi,
   Please could someone inform me as to the 'standard' way of generating
glossary and nomenclature entries within a latex document 

	Thanks in Advance

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Jonathan Lawson 
Thermal Processes Unit 
Department of Applied Energy and Optical Diagnostics 
School of Mechanical Engineering, 
Cranfield  University, 
Cranfield, Bedford. UK.  
email j.lawson@cranfield.ac.uk
  
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