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- Database
- A collection of information stored oftentimes in a computerized format. Examples: library catalogs, search engines, financial data, etc.
- De facto standard
- An e-learning specification that has not been officially established by an accrediting agency but that is accepted and used as a standard by a majority of practitioners.
- Default
- A setting that the computer system uses automatically, unless it is changed by the user.
- Deliverables
- Project deliverables means the reports, requests for payments and financial statements referred to in Article 4 of this grant agreement and Article 4 of this Annex as well as any element designated as such in Annex I to this grant agreement.
- Delivery
- Any method of transferring content to learners, including instructor-led training, Web-based training, CD-ROM, books, and more.
- deployPROMIS
- the project funded by the European Commission eTEN, to market PROMIS in 5 countries.
- Desktop videoconferencing
- Videoconferencing on a personal computer.
- Development
- 1) Learning or other types of activities that prepare a person for additional job responsibilities and/or enable him to gain knowledge or skills. 2) The creation of training materials or courses, as in content development or e-learning development.
- Dial-up service
- A common method of connecting to the Internet. A user's modem dials up to a service provider, through which an Internet connection is established.
- Digital
- An electrical signal that varies in discrete steps in voltage, frequency, amplitude, locations, and so forth. Digital signals can be transmitted faster and more accurately than analog signals.
- Digital Divide
- The gap that exists between those who can afford technology and those who cannot.
- Disc/Disk
- See floppy disk or CD-ROM.
- Discussion boards
- Forums on the Internet or an intranet where users can post messages for others to read.
- Disk drive
- The part of a computer that reads and writes data onto either a floppy disk, a hard disk, or an optical disk (CD, CD-ROM, DVD, DVD-ROM, WORM, and so forth).
- Distance education
- Educational situation in which the instructor and students are separated by time, location, or both. Education or training courses are delivered to remote locations via synchronous or asynchronous means of instruction, including written correspondence, text, graphics, audio- and videotape, CD-ROM, online learning, audio- and videoconferencing, interactive TV, and FAX. Distance education does not preclude the use of the traditional classroom. The definition of distance education is broader than and entails the definition of e-learning.
- Distance learning
- The desired outcome of distance education. The two terms are often used interchangeably.
- DNS
- Abbreviation for Domain Name System. A distributed client-server database system which links domain names with their numerical IP adresses.
- Do
- ‘Do’ forms the second stage of the PDCA natural improvement cycle. Implementation of the plan.
- Documents (structure) A6
- Internally produced and externally supplied documents and datawhich relate to the operational management of the organisation – whether controlled and uncontrolled.
Can include any document produced by a software application. - Domain name
- The name of a computer or server on the Internet in the form of a string of names or numbers, separated by periods.
- Download
- The transfer a file or files from a remote computer to the user's computer.
- Download
- (noun) A file that is transferred or copied to a user s computer from another connected individual computer, a computer network, a commercial online service, or the Internet. (verb) To transfer or copy a file to a user s computer from another connected individual computer, a computer network, a commercial online service, or the Internet.
- DS (Digital Signal)
- The rate and format of a digital signal, for example, DS-1 or DS-3. Often used synonymously with T, as in T1 or T3, although the T technically refers to the type of equipment. See T1 and T3.
- DSL (digital subscriber line)
- A broadband Internet access method that sends data over standard phone lines at speeds up to 7 Mbps. DSL is available to subscribers who live within a certain distance of the necessary router.
- Duration of the project
- means the period of performance of the project as referred to in Article 2.1 of this grant agreement.
