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Emerging/Future Tech
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Application Service Providers | provide access to software or services for free |
| Audioblogs | blogs or weblogs that are enriched by audio files |
| Blockchain | a decentralized and distributed network that is used to record transactions across connected devices as blocks of data that cannot be altered after being recorded |
| Clickers | also known as Personal Response Systems. Device used by an audience to respond to an instructor's presentation delivered through wireless devices |
| Edge computing | pushes processing and data to the near edge of the network, which enables timely collection, processing, and analysis of data |
| Mashups | a website or Web 2.0 application that uses content from more than one source to create a new service |
| Microcontroller | a small computer on a single metal-oxide-semiconductor integrated circuit chip |
| Nanotechnology | a field of science whose goal is to control individual atoms and molecules to create computer chips and other devices that are thousands of times smaller than current technologies |
| Really Simple Syndication (RSS) | a lightweight XML format designed for sharing headlines and other web content. |
| Telepresence | a set of technologies, such as high definition audio, video, and other interactive elements that enable people to feel or appear as if they were present in a location which they are not physically in |
| Ubiquitous Computing | the possibility of computers being embedded into almost everything and potentially able to communicate |
| Utility (on demand) computing | the provision of IT services on demand. Users pay for computing or storage resources on an as-needed basis, like the way one pays for utilities |
| Vlogging | a blog that includes video |
| Web 2.0 Applications | collaborative and interactive tools that are strictly web-based and are typically free to the user |