Question | Answer |
Assistive Technology | assistive, adaptive, and rehabilitative devices for people w/ disabilities and also includes the process used in selecting, locating, and using them |
Email | a system for sending messages from one individual to another via telecommunications links between computers or terminals. |
simulation | an imitation, a sham; assumption of a false appearance |
bulletin board | an info storage system designed to permit any authorized computer user to access and add to it from a remote terminal |
hypermedia | an extension to hypertext providing multimedia facilities, such as those handling sound and video. |
software | the programs used to direct the operation of a computer, as well as documentation giving instructions on how to use them. |
chatroom | a branch of a computer network in which participants can engage in real-time discussions w/ one another. |
internet | a vast computer network linking smaller computer networks worldwide |
URL | uniform resource locator: a protocol for specifying addresses on the Internet |
distance education | education in which students receive instruction over the Internet, from a video, etc., instead of going to school. |
problem-based learning | a student-centered pedagogy in which students learn about a subject in the context of complex, multifaceted, and realistic problems |
websites | a connected group of pages on the World Wide Web regarded as a single entity, usually maintained by one person or organization and devoted to a single topic or several closely related topics. |
pixel | the smallest element of an image that can be individually processed in a video display system. |