Future of the Internet

Key Terms (Software)

Address: column letter and row number in a spreadsheet
Agents: Software to be managed rather than manipulated.
Auto correction: correct common typing errors.
Automatic Footing: save from putting footnotes and endnotes.
Automatic Formatting: apply automatically format to the text.
Automatic Hyphenation: divide long words that fall at the ends of lines.
Automatic Link: spreadsheets, when you make a change all of the liked work change.
Automatic Recalculation: easy correction of errors.
Bar Chart: when data falls into few categories.
Bot: robots that help the consumer or the customer in IT. E.g. games, decision making…
Cell: spreadsheet, intersection between column and row.
Column: letter spreadsheet.
Desktop Publishing: makes publishing easier for “experts”
Electronic Book: handled book with certain memory.
Electronic Paper: paper-like, display black and white images on it’s surface.
Equation Solvers: makes easier to manipulate “what if” questions.
Feedback Loop:
Footer: at the bottom of the page, it’s repetitive information.
Formula: step-by-step procedure to calculate a desired number.
Function: works as a calculator in a spreadsheet, typing a certain column and row etc…
GIGO: Garbage In Garbage Out (in values)
Grammar and Style checker: checks for errors in context
Groupware: can keep track of a document’s history as it’s passed among group members.
Header: on the top of the document, repetitive information.
HTML: HyperText Markup Language, documents can be easily published on the web.
Justification: alignment of text in a line.
Label: spreadsheet makes easier to understand numbers. E.g calculate monthly grades
Line Chart: mark trends and relationships between two variables.
Macro: multi-step sequence of instruction that helps to save time by automating repetitive task.
Mail Merge: in word processors to make personalized form letters.
Math-Processing Software: easier for mathematicians o save time and manage complex calculations.
Modeling: use of computers to create abstract models of objects, organizations, processes etc.
Online Banking Services: software that enables to pay bills, check balance, and transfer funds.
Outliner: Microsoft Word, Gives you the ability to change arrange and rearrange a document.
Page-Layout Software: is used to combine various source documents into an appealing publication.
Pie Chart: relative proportions of the parts of a whole.
Replication: flexible extensions of the basic “copy and paste.”
Scatter Chart: discover rather than display the relation of two variables.
Scientific-Visualization Software: it helps to understand relationships that are invisible to us.
Source Document: first steps of publishing, such as articles, drawings, chapters maps etc.
Speech Recognition Software: looks for paterns in the sound waves and locates then into words.
Spelling Checker: compares the words in the document to the disk-based dictionary.
Spreadsheet Software: enables the user to manipulate, understand and control numbers.
Stack Chart: proportions over change on time.
Statistical Analysis Software: suggest the answers to questions by testing the strength of data.
Statistics: the sience of collecting and analyzing data.
Stylesheet: containing custom styles for each of the common elements in a document.
Tax-Preparation Software: works as prefabricated worksheet, you enter numbers and it fills other blanks.
Templates: professionally designed “empty” documents that can be adapted to specific use.
Thesaurus: tool to find the right word.
Value: raw material (numbers) introduced in a spreadsheet.
“What if?” Questions: enables to change numbers and see the effects of those-
Wizard: coach or helping features to do complex document formatting.
Worksheet: malleable matrix, also called spreadsheet.
3-D modeling software : used to create 3-D objects with tools similar to those in drawing software
animation : creating motion from still pictures
audio digitizer : any recorded sound as a sample in a digital device
augmented reality(AR) : displayed information with the real matter front of eyes
bit depth : the number of bits for each pixel
bitmapped graphics : a data structure representing a generally rectangular grid of pixels
bullet chart : list the main points of a presentation
button : hot spots that respond to mouse clicks
color depth : same as bit depth
compression : compression data for being able to be stored in smaller spaces
computer-aided design : the use of computers to design products
computer-aided manufacturing : manufacturing or prototyping product components and tooling
computer-integrated manufacturing : a major step toward a fully automated factory
digital video : to edit video, splice scenes, add transitions, create titles
drawing software : collection of lines and shapes not as a dot
frame : one still picture
gray-scale graphics : each pixel to appear as black, white , or shades of gray
hypermedia : interactive multimedia
hypertext : searching technology to find informations wich are stored as electronically
image processing software : manipulating digital photos and other high-resulution images with tools
interactive multimedia : the viewwer/listener to take an active part in the experience
MIDI : a standard interface used to send commands between computers and musical instruments
mixing : combining multiple tracks, adding audio efects, and balancing volumes
MP3 : a patented digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression
multimedia : some combination of text, graphics, animation, video, music, voice, and sound effects
multimedia authoring software : to create and edit multimedia documents
object-oriented graphhics : based on mathematical equation to represent images in computer graphics
painting software : to be able to use "paint" pixels on the screen with a pointing device
palette : finite set of colors for the management of digital images
PDF(portable document format) : digital documents to be exchanged between programs independent of application software, hardware, or operating system
pixel : a single point in a raster image
podcast : radio-style programs that can be downloaded on demand or automatically by subscription
presentation-graphics software : software which users can creat highly stylized images for slide shows.
public domain : IPdesignation for the range of content that is not owned or controlled by anyone
resolution : the density of the pixels, dots per inch-dpi
sample : a digital sound file
sequencing software : software or hardware designed to create and manage computer-generated music
synthesized : digitally recorded tele-immersion : person to feel as if they were present, to give the appearance that they were present
vector graphics : the use of geometrical primitives such as points, lines, curves, and shapes or polygon video-editing software
-application server : server stores applications and run it when client program request it.
-application service provider(ASP) : a company that manages and delivers application services on a contracts.
-cookie : small files in the visitor's hard disk
-cyberspace : describtion of shared virtual reality
-data-drivien Web site : automatically changing web page depeding on what user is interested in
-dial-up connection : the Internet require no infrastructure other than the telephone network
-dynamic IP address :Sharing an IP Address with several other customers.
-digital divide : a phenomenon that differences between the one who has ability which can contect to new technology and not the one is getting wider.
-electronic money : the money which is saved as electronical method and used on the Internet
-email server : Kind of a local post oiffce for a particular Internet host
-file server : shared the storage of computer files on the local network
-file transfer protocol(FTP) : the way and the program to transfer files from this computer to that computer
-filtering software : a computer program to process a data stream
-HyperText Markup Language(HTML) : one of a basic programing language to create web document
-Internet2 : consortium of university, government, and companies in the America to boot up creating next generation Internet
-Internet service provider(ISPs) : the company which provide the access of the Internet to peron or company.
-internetworking : collection of a communications network or WAN
-Java : object-oriented programming language from Sun Microsystems, Inc
-JavaScript : scripting language whic is based on object-oriented Programming
-net neutrality : the principle that all Internet traffic should be treated equally.
-open standards : a standard that is publicly available and has various rights to use associated with it
-packet-switching : a communication mode which transfers some data by unifomly length
-plug-ins : a computer program that interacts with a host application (a web browser or an email client, for example)
-pull technology : a communication which a client request for data to the server
-push technology : a communication wich a given trsnsaction is initiated by the publisher or central server
-RSS : a way to show the contents. Normally used for news or blogs.
-static IP address : manually assigned to a computer by an administrator
-streaming audio : play audio in a real time
-streaming video : play video in a real time
-Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language(SMIL) : standard presentation language to control and arrange multimedia data by XML
-TCP/IP(Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) : standard protocol which is used for transfering data or connecting twocomputers which use differenct systems
-uniform resource locator(URL): standard to indicate the location of files
-web authoring software : software which is like Dreamweaver
-World Wide Web(Web) : international Internet 'net' to find informations easily
-XHTML : markup language. The grammar is stricter than HTML