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- Accessibility
- A characteristic of technology that enables people with disabilities to use it. For example, accessible Websites can be navigated by people with visual, hearing, motor, or cognitive impairments. Accessible design also benefits people with older or slower software and hardware.
- Act
- ‘Act’ forms the fourth final stage of the PDCA natural improvement cycle.
Using information obtained from the previous stages to improve processes or performance in the future. - Actions (dynamics) B2
- Actions that have been identified to implement plans, objectives, corrective and preventive changes. Allows assignment of responsibilities (including delegation of parts), prioritisation, and reporting.
- ADL (Advanced Distributed Learning)
- Initiative by the U.S. Department of Defense to achieve interoperability across computer and Internet-based learning courseware through the development of a common technical framework, which contains content in the form of reusable learning objects. See also SCORM and the ADL Website.
- ADSL
- Short for Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line, a technology that allows more data to be sent over existing copper telephone lines. ADSL supports data rates of from 1.5 to 9 Mbps when receiving data (known as the downstream rate) and from 16 to 640 Kbps when sending data (known as the upstream rate).
- ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line)
- A type of DSL that uses the majority of the bandwidth to transmit information to the user and a small part of the bandwidth to receive information from the user.
- AICC (Aviation Industry Computer-Based Training Committee)
- An international association of technology-based training professionals that develops training guidelines for the aviation industry. AICC has and is developing standards for interoperability of computer-based and computer-managed training products across multiple industries.
- AJAX
- or Asynchronous JavaScript and XML is a term describing a web development technique for creating interactive web applications using a combination of: * HTML (or XHTML) and Cascading Style Sheets for presenting information* Document Object Model, JavaScript to dynamically display and interact with the information presented* XML, XSLT and the XMLHttpRequest object to interchange and manipulate data asynchronously with the web server (although AJAX applications can use other technologies
- Amplitude
- The amount of variety in a signal. Commonly thought of as the height of a wave.
- Analog
- A signal that is received in the same form in which it is transmitted, although the amplitude and frequency may vary.
- AoD (audio on demand)
- See CoD.
- Apache
- Apache is an open-source (source code is freely available and can be shared) HTTP Web server software. It is currently the most popular web server on the Net. It is usually run on Unix operating system versions like Linux or BSD, but it can also be run on Windows. It is a full-featured server with many powerful add-ons freely available.
- API (application program interface)
- The set of tools used by a programmer to create a computer program.
- Applet
- A small application. See also Java applet.
- Application
- Computer software; also called a program. There are many types of software that fit into the category of application. Application software is distinct from other forms of software, such as operating system and utility software.
- ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interexchange)
- A computer code in which characters such as letters and symbols are converted into numbers that the computer can understand.
- ASP (Active Server Page)
- An Active Server Page is a web page that includes program code that is processed on a Microsoft web server before the page is sent to the user. The code is typically used to access data from a database and that data is then built into the returned web page "on the fly". ASP was developed by Microsoft and is a feature of Microsoft's web server software, but the dynamically generated pages can be viewed by almost any browser.
- ASP (application service provider)
- A third-party organization that supplies software applications and/or software-related services over the Internet. ASPs allow companies to save money, time, and resources by outsourcing some or all of their information technology needs.
- ASP (application service provider):
- A third-party organization that supplies software applications and/or software-related services over the Internet. ASPs allow companies to save money, time, and resources by outsourcing some or all of their information technology needs.
- Assessment
- The process used to systematically evaluate a learner s skill or knowledge level.
- Assessment item
- A question or measurable activity used to determine whether the learner has mastered a learning objective.
- Asset
- 1) Intellectual property. See knowledge asset. 2) Hardware and software owned by an organization.
- Asynchronous learning
- Learning in which interaction between instructors and students occurs intermittently with a time delay. Examples are self-paced courses taken via the Internet or CD-ROM, Q&A mentoring, online discussion groups, and email.
- ATM (asynchronous transfer mode)
- A network technology for high-speed transfer of data. Packets of information are relayed in fixed sizes, enabling smooth transmission. ATM supports real-time voice and video as well as data and can reach speeds of up to 10 Gbps.
- Audio bridge
- A device used in audioconferencing that connects multiple telephone lines.
