Thursday, December 23, 2010

Critical thinking involves determining the meaning and significance of what is observed or expressed, or, concerning a given inference or argument


Electronic commerce, commonly known as (electronic marketing) e-commerce or eCommerce, consists of the buying and selling of products or services


keyless entry system allows u to unlock and lock the computer with out touching the computer


online learning get tutoring online


telecommuting employment at home while communicating with the workplace by phone or fax or modem


Browser hijacking is the modification of a web browser's settings by malware


hacking a hacker is a person who breaks into computers, usually by gaining access to administrative controls




A hard ware firewall is built into a router or a stand -alone device

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Indexes: a system used to make finding information easier.

Keywords: the words that are used to reveal the internal structure of an author's reasoning.

Libel: defamation by written or printed words, pictures, or in any form other than by spoken words or gestures

Link List: contains a null reference

Math Symbols: a listing of common symbols found within all branches of mathematics

News Feed: a data format used for providing users with frequently updated content.

Peer-to-Peer: computing or networking is a distributed application architecture that partitions tasks or work loads between peers.

Phrase Searching: is used to search for words as phrases.

Plagiarism: is defined in dictionaries as "the wrongful appropriation, close imitation, or purloining and publication, of another author's language

Podcatcher: a computer program used to download various media via an RSS or XML feed.
Public Domain: comprises copyright-free works: anyone can use them in any way and for any purpose. Proper attribution to the author

Related Search: software program that searches a database and gathers and reports information that contains or is related to specified terms.

Search Engine: is designed to search for information on the World Wide Web and FTP servers.

Shared bookmark: a method for Internet users to organize, store, manage and search for bookmarks of resources online.

Trademark: a distinctive sign or indicator used by an individual, business organization, or other legal entity

Wiki: a website that allows the easy creation and editing of any number of interlinked web pages via a web browser using a simplified markup language or a WYSIWYG text

Wildcard character: a special character that represents one or more other characters

Business-to-Business:
describes commerce transactions between businesses, such as between a manufacturer and a wholesaler, or between a wholesaler and a retailer.

Business-to-consumer: describes activities of businesses serving end consumers with products and/or services.

Business-to-government: a derivative of B2B marketing and often referred to as a market definition of "public sector marketing" which encompasses marketing products
Indexes: a system used to make finding information easier.

Keywords: the words that are used to reveal the internal structure of an author's reasoning.

Libel: defamation by written or printed words, pictures, or in any form other than by spoken words or gestures

Link List: contains a null reference

Math Symbols: a listing of common symbols found within all branches of mathematics

News Feed: a data format used for providing users with frequently updated content.

Peer-to-Peer: computing or networking is a distributed application architecture that partitions tasks or work loads between peers.

Phrase Searching: is used to search for words as phrases.

Plagiarism: is defined in dictionaries as "the wrongful appropriation, close imitation, or purloining and publication, of another author's language

Podcatcher: a computer program used to download various media via an RSS or XML feed.

Monday, December 20, 2010

Web Cache: the caching of web documents (e.g., HTML pages, images) to reduce bandwidth usage, server load, and perceived lag. A web cache stores copies of documents passing

Website: a collection of related web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that are addressed

Webapp: In earlier types of cloud computing, each application had its own client program which served as its user interface and had to be separately installed on each user

Wiki: is a website that allows the easy creation and editing of any number of interlinked web pages via a web browser using a simplified markup language or a WYSIWYG text

Blog: (a blend of the term web log is a type of website or part of a website. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary

Boolean Logic: a complete system for logical operations, used in many systems. It was named after George Boole, who first defined an algebraic system of logic
Copyright:
a set of exclusive rights granted by the law of a jurisdiction to the author or creator of an original work, including the right to copy

Directories: A typical file system may contain thousands (or even hundreds of thousands) of folders.

Feed: a data format used for providing users with frequently updated content.

Secure Sockets Layer: Transport Layer Security (TLS) and its predecessor, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), are cryptographic protocols that "provide communications security over the Internet TLS
Indexes: a system used to make finding information easier.

Keywords: the words that are used to reveal the internal structure of an author's reasoning.

Libel: defamation by written or printed words, pictures, or in any form other than by spoken words or gestures

Link List: contains a null reference

Math Symbols: a listing of common symbols found within all branches of mathematics

News Feed: a data format used for providing users with frequently updated content.

Peer-to-Peer: computing or networking is a distributed application architecture that partitions tasks or work loads between peers.

Phrase Searching: is used to search for words as phrases.

Plagiarism: is defined in dictionaries as "the wrongful appropriation, close imitation, or purloining and publication, of another author's language

Podcatcher: a computer program used to download various media via an RSS or XML feed
Hypertext Transfer Protocol: a networking protocol for distributed, collaborative, hypermedia information systems. HTTP is the foundation of data communication

Internet Protocol Address: a numerical label assigned to each device (e.g., computer, printer) participating in a computer network that uses the Internet

Internet Service Provider:
a company that offers its customers access to the Internet

Mosaic: the art of creating images with an assemblage of small pieces of colored glass, stone, or other materials

Podcast: a series of digital media files (either audio or video) that are released episodically and often downloaded through web syndication.

Portal: a general term describing an opening in the walls of a building, gate or fortification, and especially a grand entrance to an important structure

Really Simple Syndication: a family of web feed formats used to publish frequently updated works—such as blog entries, news headlines, audio

Social Networking Site: an online service, platform, or site that focuses on building and reflecting of social networks or social relations among people

Uniform Resource Locator: a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) that specifies where an identified resource is available and the mechanism for retrieving it.

Web 2.0: commonly associated with web applications that facilitate interactive systemic biases, interoperability, user-centered design and developing the World Wide Web.
ActiveX: a framework for defining reusable software components in a programming language independent way.

Client: is an application or system that accesses a remote service on another computer system, known as a server, by way of a network The term was first applied to devices

Cookie: a web cookie, browser cookie, and HTTP cookie, is a piece of text stored by a user 's web browser

Digital Certificate: a public key certificate (also known as a digital certificate or identity certificate) is an electronic document which uses a digital signature to bind a public key

Domain: an identification label that defines a realm of administrative autonomy, authority, or control in the Internet.

File Transfer Protocol: is a standard network protocol used to copy a file from one host to another over a TCP/IP-based network, such as the Internet.

Geographic Imaging: division of the National Geographic Society (NGS) headquartered in Washington, D.C., USA, is a stock photography agency

Hit: a strike (attack), the act of hitting someone or something to cause physical harm.

Home Page: has various related meanings to do with web sites: It most often refers to the initial or main web page of a web site, sometimes called the front page

Hypertext markup Language: is the predominant markup language for web pages
Web Cache: the caching of web documents (e.g., HTML pages, images) to reduce bandwidth usage, server load, and perceived lag. A web cache stores copies of documents passing

Website: a collection of related web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that are addressed

Webapp: In earlier types of cloud computing, each application had its own client program which served as its user interface and had to be separately installed on each user

Wiki: is a website that allows the easy creation and editing of any number of interlinked web pages via a web browser using a simplified markup language or a WYSIWYG text

Blog: (a blend of the term web log is a type of website or part of a website. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary

Boolean Logic: a complete system for logical operations, used in many systems. It was named after George Boole, who first defined an algebraic system of logic
Copyright:
a set of exclusive rights granted by the law of a jurisdiction to the author or creator of an original work, including the right to copy

Directories: A typical file system may contain thousands (or even hundreds of thousands) of folders.

Feed: a data format used for providing users with frequently updated content.

Secure Sockets Layer: Transport Layer Security (TLS) and its predecessor, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), are cryptographic protocols that "provide communications security over the Internet TLS

http

a protocol (utilizing TCP) to transfer hypertext requests and information between servers and browsers

mtml

a set of tags and rules conforming to SGML for using them in developing hypertext documents

Saturday, December 18, 2010

home page

The opening or main page of a website

hit

A hit is a request for a file made by a user-agent

geographic image

 geographic data from a database is converted
into images in the form of maps

ftp

allows you to transfer
files between two computers over the Internet

domain

A territory over which rule or control is exercised

digital certificate

is an electronic "credit card" that
establishes your credentials when doing business

cookie

 information that a Web site puts on your hard disk so that it can
remember something about you at a later time.

client

describes the relationship between two computer programs in which
one program, the client, makes a service request from another program

ACTIVE X

 is a set of object-oriented programming (OOP) technologies and tools
that Microsoft developed for Internet Explorer

worm

is a self-replicating virus that does not alter files but resides in
active memory and duplicates itself.

virus

is a unique string of bits,
or the binary pattern, of the machine code of a virus

urband legend

An apocryphal, secondhand story told as true and
just plausible enough to be believed

trojan horse

 subversive group or device placed within enemy ranks

time bomb

A bomb with a detonating mechanism that can be set for a particular
time

teleconfrencing

Audio or audio-visual meeting between geographically separated parties

tagginig

A tag is a keyword used to describe an article or website

rdf summary

An XML format used to syndicate news, blog posts, forum threads, and
other content among different web sites

pyramid schemes

 non-sustainable business model that involves promising
participants payment, services or ideals

phishing

is the criminally fraudulent process
of attempting to acquire sensitive information such as usernames

netiquette

netiquette refers to an established set of rules developed by the community itself, rather than an independent body

logic bomb

a logic bomb, also called slag code, is some code.
inserted surreptitiously or intentionally, that is designed

hoax

Something that has been established or accepted by fraudulent means

fraud

A false representation of a matter of fact—whether by words or by conduct, by
false or misleading allegations, or by concealment of what should have been

filtering

Selective
presentation or deliberate manipulation of information to make it more
acceptable

windows mail

 The Windows Mail Junk E-mail and Phishing Filter will be updated automatically
one time per month

user agent

A client program that is used to access servers on a
network, typically the Internet

text messaging

 SMS messaging allows for short
text messages to be sent from one cell phone to another

spam

is flooding the Internet with many copies of the same message, in an
attempt to force the message on people who would not otherwise choose to receive

signature

is an
electronic rather than a written signature

packets

A packet is one unit of binary data capable of being routed
through a computer network

maling list

A list of users of the Internet
or another computer network who all receive copies of electronic mail

instant messaging

The transmission of an electronic message over a computer
network using software that immediately displays the message

email address

the email address is the address to which the email is sent

email

A system for sending and receiving
messages electronically over a computer network

distribution list

 a database containing an ordered array of items

attachment

 A file attached to an email message as an enclosure

archiving

A file that contains one or more compressed files

address book

 A file of e-mail addresses that is maintained in
an e-mail program.



Thursday, December 16, 2010

Wireless LAN

A wireless LAN is one in which a mobile user can connect to a local area network

Wireless Internet Service Provider

A wireless Internet service provider (WISP) is an Internet service provider (ISP
) that allows subscribers to connect to a server using a wireless connection

WiMax

is a wireless industry coalition whose members organized to advance IEEE
802.16 standards for broadband wireless access

Wide area Network

A system
consisting of a set of nodes that are interconnected by a set of links

T-1 Line

High-speed digital connection that
transmits data at 1.5 million bits per second

Server Operating System

A server operating system is software that was especially developed to serve as a platform for running multi-user computer programs, applications that are networked and programs

Server

a server is a computer program that provides services
to other computer programs

Router

a router is a device or, in some cases, software in a computer,
that determines the next network point to which a packet should be

Public Switched Telephone Network

is the world's collection
of interconnected voice-oriented public telephone networks,

Proxy Server

a proxy server is a server a computer system or an
application program that acts as an intermediary for requests from clients

Peer-Peer Network

 A network of computers configured to
allow certain files and folders to be shared with everyone or with selected people

Node

a node is a connection point

Modem

 modem modulates outgoing digital signals from a computer or
other digital device to analog signals for a conventional copper twisted pair

Local Area Conector

A local area network (LAN) supplies networking capability to a ...
Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) that supports controlled access to LAN

Intranet

An intranet is a private network that is contained within an enterprise

Internet

The Internet, sometimes called simply "the Net," is a worldwide
system of computer networks

Hub

 a hub is the central part of a
wheel where the spokes come together.

Hacker

Hacker is a term used by some to mean "a clever programmer

Firewall

A firewall is a set of related programs, located at a network gateway server,
that protects the resources of a private network from users

Extranet

An extranet is a computer network that allows controlled access from the outside
, for specific business or educational purposes.

Digital Subscriber Line

 technology provides high bandwidth network
connections to homes and small businesses.

Communication Channels

In telecommunications and computer networking, a communication channel, or
channel, refers either to a physical transmission medium such as a wire

Client

Client server describes the relationship between two computer programs in which
one program, the client, makes a service request from another program

Cable Modem

A cable modem is a device that enables you to hook up your PC to a local cable
TV line and receive data at about 1.5 Mbps.

Biometric Security Measures

It measures the percent of invalid inputs which are incorrectly accepted

Thursday, December 9, 2010

class work 12/9

why i think the roman empire fell was because there was to much equality
One of the reasons that it fell was the use of violence by the Roman elite.
Another key factor was that Roman republican generals such as Marius , 
Sulla, Pompey and Gaius Julius Caesar had in effect, 
private armies that looked to them for retirement packages and to defend their interests
This was all set against the massive expansion of the empire from the Punic wars onward - a growth in both territory and wealth and the dislocations that this caused
 

Monday, December 6, 2010

monday classwork

Greek Roman

Aphrodite Venus

Ares Mars

Poseidon Neptune

Zeus Jupiter

Kronos Saturn

Hermes Mercury

Hades Pluto

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

queries

They are a request for information from a database and theres are three general methods for posing queries.

properties

program

Its when it shows the programs you have in your computer in the home Button in the bottom left hand corner of your screen.

print queue

Is a disk space that holds output designated for the printer until the printer can receive it

print driver

Is the one that shows what printer the information is going to print out from

primary key field

Is the first field that is put as in Microsoft Excel

present value

Is the value on a given date of a future payment or a series of future payments

portrait

It's a way when a retangular is oriented

(PDF)

Is an open standard for document exchange

point

To move the cursor onto a line or image on screen by rolling a mouse across the desk or by pressing the arrow keys.

place text format

Is when the contents of an ordinary file it to normal

place holder

It imported data into an application

pixel

Is when a single point in a graphic image or It display image

pie chart

 Is a chart that is a circular chart divided into sectors

paste options

Is when the users paste text from another document

paste

Is when you want to copy a text when is highlighted to one place to another

parenthetical citation

Is the replacement for the use of citational footnotes
 

one to many relationship

Is when  many relationships is when a row in Table A may have many linked records in Table B but each rows in Table B may have only one connecting row in Table A.

OLE object

Is the object that is being link to

office button

Is a file menu that replaces the old File menu

objects

Is the stuff thats inside the document  etc

(OLE)

Is when it allows embedding and linking to documents

numered list

The list of items that are marked with bullets

null

Is a special computer file that discards all data written to it

notes pane

Allows users to type in notes about the presentation slide you are working on

normal view

Normal View in Microsoft PowerPoint

nonprinting characters

Is the display information or the C haracters replaced with a white space while printing.

name box

Displays the cell reference of the active cell

move clips

Is a section in a big or large presentation

modern

Is the text keyed to an alphabetical list of works cited that appears at the end of the work.

mixed cell refrence

Is a cell reference that has either the row or column is made absolute, but not both, using the dollar sign. 

minimize button

Is when you make a window on the desktop into a small bar in the taskbar

microsoft visual basic for application

Is a implementation of Microsoft's event-driven programming language

microsoft office access

Is a graphical user interface and software-development tools

microsoft office

Is a bunch of Programs that will help in a specific task that you have to do

mhtml format

Is a web page archive format used to combine resources that are typically represented by external links.

memo

Memo is a document that helps the memory by recording events

maximize/restore down button

markers

It could be a reference point in a index and a table.

margin

The margin helps to define where a line of text begins and ends

manual page break

A code inserted in a document that tells to break up a document or text from each other.

manual line break

Is a manual line break ends the current line and continues the text on the next line

manual column break

Is used in a word processing document where there are columns that are seperate to 2 or 3 in a sheet.  

main document

Is the document that is in front of the user and its the one that the user is using

mail merge

 is a helper to make letters easier

marcos

A key that represents a list of commands, actions,and etc

lookup wizard

Is when it shows information but information deeply search into

logical operators

Is a symbol or word used to connect two or more sentences

live preview

Is when they show the preview formats, fonts, and styles before you apply them

line spacing

Is the distance between the baselines of types sentence

line chart

Is a chart that displays information as a series of data points connected by straight line segments.

legend

Is when the letters, numbers, characters and words that are imprinted on a key caps

left align

Is when the text is aligned on the left side

leader line

Is a line that draw users away from the a column of text in the document

leader character

Is when seperating 2 text  away from each other and the 2nd text is the Leading character

layout

Is the process of placing and arranging and rearranging text and graphics on the page to produce documents.

landscape

Is a user interface control which displays text on a form

Label controls

Is a user interface control which displays text on a form

keyboard shortcut

Are two control keys used to get to a certain thing pop up

justified

It is arranged so that each line begins, or ends, right under the other, creating an even, vertical edge to a block of text.

internal rate of return (irr)

Is to measure and compare the profitability of investments

interest rate

Is paid by a borrower for the use of money that they borrow from a lender

insertion point

Is the point where the next characters typed from the keyboard will appear on the display screen

input mask

It's when you input in a dialog box

information bar

Is the place where displays information about security, downloads, blocked pop-up windows, and other activities.

indent

Is to give a paragrpah a seperation from the sheet and make it a bit more into the sheet

hypertext mark up language (html)

Is a computer language to allow website creation

hyper link

They are an option in a open office that direct you to place you want to go

html format

made up language for the webs or the web

horizontal(category)axis

Is a line from side to side.(Left to Right) on a chart
 

heading

It's an option where you could mostly change the style of the header in the document

header

Is in the top of the page in a document

hanging indent

A paragraph that has all lines but the first indented

group

Is a group of  Computer Users

gridlines


They are the gray lines that divide each of the cells, rows, and columns in a spreadsheet.

grayscale

Is a image that shows informatio that turns into black and white

graphical user interface

program interface that takes advantage of the computer's graphics to make the program easier to use.

gallery

Is a bunch of stuff shown and display for the user of what they saved or did

function

Is a code that perform within a program to do a specific task

formula bar

Is the contents of the current or active cell, located above the worksheet column headings

forms

They are sections or sytle they way you want to come out such as a form

formatting marks

Symbols that do not appear on paper when a document is printed

foreign key field

Is a reference to data in another table

foote

Is text or graphics that is usually printed at the top or bottom of every page in a document

font

Is a set of a single size and style of a particular typeface

first line indent

The first line of the paragraph moved over to the right like an inch or 1/2

find

Is when it searches the computer to locates files, and applies a user-specified action on each matched file.

filter

Is a computer program to process a data stream

fill handle

An abstract indicator for accessing a file

file extensions

Is the name of a computer file applied to indicate convention of a file

file placeholders

Is a user field is a special type of field that stores references to QuickBase users. 

field list

They are a list of objects in a a computer such as information

field area

Is the area in a of a field in the document

field

Is a smaller piece of data from a larger collection

extrapolation

Is the process of constructing new data points outside of known data points

endnote

Is a software tool for storing, managing literature references and creating bibliographies

encrypt document

Is to provide different level section of files

embedded chart

Is when a chart is drawn on the same worksheet as the data

drag and drop

Is dragging one object into a different location

drag

Is to move an file or object across the screen

document

Is a software used to create and print text document

dialog boxes

Is a small temporary window in a graphical user interface that appears to request information

design view

The view of table, query, form, and macro objects that enables you to create or change an object.

default printer

Is the destination for print requests when no printer name is used

datasheet view

Is to displays the table in a row-and-column format

data base

Organizes data to separate certain contents

data type

Is a source identifier that identify types of the data

data source

Is a special name for the connection set up to a database from a server

cut

Is to take away a text you dont want any more

currency format

Is a way to measure money in Microsoft Excel

currency

something that is used as a medium of exchange; money

comulative total

Is the return or yield on an investment or portfolio over a given period of time

criteria

They are requirements that must be met for an individual to be included in a research study

copy right

Is the set of exclusive rights granted to the author or creator of an original work, including the right to copy, distribute and adapt the work.

control

Is an element of a graphical user interface (GUI) that displays an information arrangement changeable by the user, such as a window or a text box.

copy

Is a command in RT-11, RSX-11, OpenVMS, DOS, OS/2 and Microsoft Windows operating systems.

Compatibility mode

A feature of a
computer or operating system that enables it to run programs written

Comparison operators

compares one value to another

Comment

a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief

Column chart

A column chart
is a graphic representation of data

Clustered column chart

columns that are bunched together so that you are not able to read the information thats their

Close button

A button in the upper right corner of a Window with an "x" in it

Clipboard

A special file or memory area  where data is stored temporarily

Clip art

Ready-made pieces of printed or computerized graphic art

citation

 a citation is a reference to a published or unpublished source

Circular reference

A situation
created by a programming error in which two or more entities each refer to.

Center

A point or place that is equally distant from the sides or outer boundaries of
something

Cell address

A combination of a letter and
a number that specifies the column and row in which a cell is located.