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Technology Applications: General Concepts 1

Subjects : it-skills, literacy
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1. A small text file transferred to a web browser through an Internet server for the purpose of tracking the Internet usage habits of the person using the browser






2. Computer software that continuously analyzes a student's test responses and presents more or less difficult questions based on the student's performance






3. Flaming messages are messages which express overly strong feelings. Spam is the term for e-mail junk mail - which should not be for¬warded. Chain letters are letters that have been forwarded from several previous e-mail readers. According to netiquet






4. A question typically used at the beginning of a lesson to direct students' attention to particularly important aspects of the new information.






5. The preliminary or main web page of a particular website.






6. Literally 'multiple media' or 'a combination of media -' a software product or system that incorporates sequential or simultaneous use of a variety of media formats in a single presentation or program. Today - this term conveys the notion of a system






7. A shortcut to encoding a series of actions in a computer program. Provides the means to perform a number of separate steps through a single command.






8. A graphic representation of a real person in cyberspace; a three dimensional image that a person can choose to represent himself or herself in a virtual reality environment






9. Previously created graphics designed to be added to word processing or desktop publishing documents or to computer-based instruction.






10. In a full immersion virtual reality (VR) system - a headset that provides the sensory channel through which the wearer 'sees' a computer-generated environment






11. Also known as a hot link or hot spot. On the Internet - a piece of text or an image that has been programmed into a web page to send the browser to another Internet location; in a multimedia product - a piece of text or an image that has been program






12. In contrast to lossless compression - lossy compression refers to a technique of shrinking file sizes by giving away some precision of detail. JPEG images are an example of a file that is compressed this way. By reducing the quality of a picture when






13. The physical components of the computer system; the mechanical - magnetic - electronic - and electrical components making up a computer system






14. 'Lossless' compression such as the GIF format is generally safer for recompression since it utilizes 'lossless' compression. Meaning when the GIF image is compressed - no information is lost from its contents. On the other hand - formats that utilize






15. An outline - preview - or other such pre-instructional cue used to promote retention of content to be learned.






16. Sometimes referred to as the ADDIE model - the current version of systems approach of instructional design is a process comprised of a series of phases: analysis - design - development - implementation - and evaluation. Currently - almost all ISD mod






17. Piagetian view of condition children experience when they confront new and unfamiliar features of their environment that do not fit with their current views of the world






18. A mathematical expression that directs an electronic spreadsheet to perform various kinds of calculations on the numbers entered in it; in a spreadsheet - a command inserted in a cell and used to do calculations on data






19. A communications service that allows users to create a private chat room which only members of a mutually agreed upon list may enter; the system alerts a user when someone from the IM list is online; IM also designates the act of instant messaging -






20. An animation key frame is a single still image defined throughout an animated sequence that occurs at a pivotal point in that sequence.






21. Most animation software lets developers specify a beginning position and an ending position - then calculates the positions in between.






22. A standard adopted by the electronic music industry for controlling devices that play music; also known as musical instrument digital interface. Rather than recording sounds - MIDI instruments/software record finger action -- what note is being playe






23. Software tools that automatically draw and print desired charts or graphs from data entered by users






24. A distance education technology that uses a speakerphone to extend a basic telephone call and permits instruction and interaction between individuals or groups at two or more locations.






25. Classroom display that allow teachers or students to interact with the computer through a touch sensitive board on which the computer screen is projected.






26. Bitmaps are graphics stored patterns of colored dots (pixels on the screen). Vector graphics are stored as mathematical descriptions of sets of lines - triangles - squares - circles - etc - with defined line widths - line colors and - for polygons -






27. In cognitive load theory - the use of working memory that results in productive - engaged learning






28. According to the American Library Association (ALA) - it is a set of abilities requiring individuals to recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate - evaluate - and use effectively the needed information






29. A type of information that includes facts - concepts - principles - and the relationships among them.






30. An instructional approach that provides an appealing environment in which learners invest effort to follow prescribed rules in order to attain a challenging goal; designed to increase motivation by adding game rules to a learning activity






31. Pavlovian view of learning as involuntary physical responses to outside stimuli (e.g. - dogs salivate automatically at the sight of a dog food can)






32. In education - academic dishonesty in which someone uses another's work obtained from the Internet as his/her own - also known as online cheating






33. An image format that allows transfer of artwork between any software packages that use PostScript printing files; a vector graphics file format.






34. Term for the distribution of applications - processing power - and storage across many computers accessible via the Internet.






35. The adaptive use of previously acquired knowledge to analyze and understand new situations.






36. The continuous evaluation of instruction before - during - and after implementation - which leads to continual revision and modification in order to increase student learning.






37. A liquid crystal display device used with a computer or VCR for large-group display.






38. An internal network or a subset of the Internet - usually available only to the members of the organization that set it up; as a provision for security - some technical department set up Intranets which are parts of the Internet used internally withi






39. Digitally encoded information permanently recorded on a compact disc; Also known as compact disc - read-only memory. It is a compact disc used to store computer data. CD-ROMs have a maximum capacity of 650MB.






40. An authoring specification on the Internet for how data will be collected at a website - CGI programs are written in a language such as PERL






41. Growing problem of online harassment in social networks






42. A single silicon chip that contains all of the CPU circuits for a computer system.






43. A network created in 1969 by the U.S. government-funded Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) to enable communications among important defense sites in the event of a worldwide catastrophe such as a nuclear attack; later became the Internet






44. A type of mnemonic in which an unfamiliar new word is linked to a similar-sounding familiar word - which is used to create a visual image that incorporates the meaning of the new word.






45. A revision of the HTML standard that provides many of the features of a Flash environment without using Flash






46. Antidote utilities to detect - eliminate and protect from viruses - worms and Trojans. It typically contains an engine - a resident virus shield - virus databases or DAT files - a task scheduler - an e-mail scanner - and an update manager. It guards






47. Can be either software that supports the on-screen creation of music scores with several parts or tracks - or a hardware component of a music synthesizer workstation






48. In Adobe Flash - an advanced authoring environment for creating content for the web - a mobile - or virtually any digitalplatform






49. One of the rights accorded to the owner of copyright is the right to reproduce or to authorize others to reproduce the work in copies or phonorecords. This right is subject to certain limitations found in sections 107 through 118 of the copyright law






50. A set of guidelines used to reliably appraise or judge products or performances.