Vocabulary

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===Applet**- Some applets are able to function as any other normal software application (provided they are hosted by an [|operating system] ), but are small in size and perform only a small set of tasks. Examples of applications often classified as applets are all of the accessories bundled in [|Microsoft Windows] (such as [|Windows Notepad] or [|Microsoft Paint] ). Applets are not full-featured application programs. I found this out in my research on things that make the internet more accessible for users. ~Jessica Page ** ===


 * Assistive Technologies**: devices used to improve the functioning and capabilities of disabled people, specifically in areas of technology and computer use. Examples: alternative keyboard systems, voice recognition software, Braille displays, eye-tracking devices. ~//Sarah Menz//

//AURAL RHETORIC: The use of sound stimulus to enhance an argument. ~Morgan Valko//

AVATAR: An identity or representation created of an individual on the internet that can take on several forms like 3D (Second Life), 2D (Facebook), or 1D (wikis). //~Prof. Wendt//

BLOG: (Short for weblog). A website similar to an online journal that includes chronological entries made by individuals, typically focused on a specific subject, which provides users with forums to talk about each posting. ~//Prof. Wendt//

//BROWSER:// A software program that provides access to the Internet and the World Wide Web. Most common browsers: Explorer, Safari, Mozilla Firefox, googleChrome, and more. ~//Prof. Wendt//

//CMS: CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM -// a CMS is a digital system that allows everyday users to contribute content to a website without extensive knowledge of HTML or other computer languages or software. Examples: Moodle, Blackboard, Angel //~Prof. Wendt//

**CULTURE JAMMING**: a form of political and social activism which, by means of fake adverts, hoax news stories, pastiches of company logos and product labels, computer hacking, etc, draws attention to the power of the media, governments, and large corporations to control and distort the information that they give to the public in order to promote consumerism, militarism, etc. ~//Mike Malloy//

CYBERBODY: The idea that humans are now so dependent on technology that they can't live with out it and that we are now a mixture or blend of human and technology. //~ Kelsey Blades//

DIGITAL RHETORIC: The art of persuasion within verbal, visual, and aural digital spaces. //~ Prof. Wendt//

//D// //isability//: A lasting limitation or impairment that restricts everyday activities (such as computer usage). Examples: visual impairment, arthritis, dementia, etc//. ~Sarah Menz//

//DISCOURSE:// "A socially accepted association among ways of using language, other symbolic expressions, and artifacts of thinking, feeling, believing, valuing, and acting that can be used to identify oneself as a member of a socially meaningful group" (James Paul Gee) ~//Prof. Wendt//

//DOWNLOAD:// The act of moving digital copy from the Internet to your personal computer. ~//Prof. Wendt//

Globalization: a mass culture shared throughout the world by all of its inhabitants. ~Katelyn Gentner

**THE GLOBAL VILLAGE**: a metaphor to describe the Internet and World Wide Web. On the Internet, physical distance is even less of a hindrance to the real-time communicative activities of people, and therefore social spheres are greatly expanded by the openness of the web and the ease at which people can search for online communities and interact with others that share the same interests and concerns. - Lexi Brewer

//HYBRIDITY: The ways in which online documents combine and construct visual and verbal designs. Hybridity also encourages both authors and audiences to recognize and construct multifaceted identities as a kind of pleasure. ~Morgan Valko//


 * Input technology**: a type of assistive technology that allows users to put information into a computer. Examples: Alternative keyboards, alternative mouse systems, eye-tracking devices, and headwands. ~//Sarah Menz//

//interface-// //**a program that controls a display for the user (usually on a computer monitor) and that allows the user to interact with the system -Daniel VanDyke**//

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">**Internet Utopia:** The claim that the internet is providing new and better ways of engaging in community and finding information. (Rachel Loria) MODULE: a short course of study, especially of a vocational or technical subject; a separable component, frequently one that is interchangeable with others, for assembly into units of differing size, complexity, or function. ~ //Mike Malloy//

**JPEG**//:// Short for //**J**oint **P**hotographic **E**xperts **G**roup,// and pronounced //jay-peg.// JPEG is a [|//lossy compression//] technique for color images. Although it can reduce files sizes to about 5% of their normal size, some detail is lost in the compression. -//Alycia Minshall//

<span style="font-size: 1.1em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">localize- To adapt an application to work under various local conditions—especially to have it use a language selected by the user. Generally to specify information for use in a specific place, sometimes on a specific machine -Daniel VanDyke


 * MEME: "<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; cursor: default; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: static;">a cultural item that is transmitted by repetition <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: static;">in <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; cursor: default; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: static;">a manner analogous to the biological transmission of genes." In digital rhetoric, images that hold a set of meanings and associations, and can thus transmit information... ie Nike 'swoosh,' or McDonalds 'M.' ~//Jocelyn Ballast// **

Multiculturalism: individualized cultures coexisting peacefully... ie. Spanish culture, Indian culture, etc. ~Katelyn Gentner

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;">//OPEN ACCESS:// The free sharing of software. Meant to alleviate the digital divide by providing programs to all that normally would not be available. ~//Prof. Wendt//

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;">//OS (OPERATING SYSTEM):// The main program on any computer that drives all other programs. On PCs, the OS is most likely a version of Windows (XP, Vista, 7, etc.) and on a MAC you likely have OS X "Snow Leopard," a UNIX product. ~//Prof. Wendt//


 * PASTICHE**: a literary, musical, or artistic piece consisting wholly or chiefly of motifs or techniques borrowed from one or more sources; hodgepodge. ~Mike Malloy

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;">//SOCIAL BOOKMARKING:// Various websites like "delicious" used as a space to keep all your bookmarked links where they can be accessed from any computer and shared. ~//Prof. Wendt//

Social Media**: an umbrella term that covers media that support social collaborations, such as social networking and social software. It encompasses both the mediums used and the action itself. (Rachel Loria)**


 * SOCIAL NETWORKING TECHNOLOGY**: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;">The generic name used for a range of internet based techniques for communicating online. ~ //Kelsey Blades//

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;">//TAGS:// Descriptive words attached to images, webpages, and the like, which allow others to find these things using a wide variety of search items. these keywords. ~//Prof. Wendt//

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;">//UPLOAD:// The act of moving digital copy from your personal computer to the Internet. ~//Prof. Wendt//

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**VIRTUAL COMMUNITIES**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">"social aggregations that emerge from the Net when enough people carry on those public discussions long enough, with sufficient human feeling, to form webs of personal relationships in cyberspace." ~ //Kelsey Blades//

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;">//WEB 2.0:// A markup language that separates content from form in HTML. This giant leap in technology allows such spaces as blogs, wikis, social networks--any web space where users can add content directly. Here is an excellent video explaining how it works: ~//Prof. Wendt// <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;">media type="youtube" key="6gmP4nk0EOE?fs=1" height="385" width="480"

**Wiki**: “A collective intelligence tool that enables collaborative editing of documents on the web." (Rachel Loria)
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