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Packet

A bundle of data transmitted over a network. Packets have no set size; they can range from one character to hundreds of characters.

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Participant

means a beneficiary or a member.

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Parties

means the Community and the beneficiary(ies).

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Password

Secret code of letters and numbers needed to gain access to a time-sharing computer or FTP system, or to protect Web pages.

PDA (personal digital assistant)

Handheld computer device used to organize personal information such as contacts, schedules, and so forth. Data can usually be transferred to a desktop computer by cable or wireless transmission.

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PDF (portable document format)

File format developed by Adobe Systems to enable users of any hardware or software platform to view documents exactly as they were created--with fonts, images, links, and layouts as they were originally designed.

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Peer-to-peer network (P2P)

A communications network that enables users to connect their computers and share files directly with other users, without having to go through a centralized server. Groove is an example of an application that runs on a peer-to-peer network.

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People (structure) A3

All types of people (stakeholders) within an organisation and interacted with externally. People may occupy a post within an organisation and additionally be appointed to a role such as being the appointed first aider or to manage a specific project.

Perl

Perl is a general-purpose programming language invented in 1987 by Larry Wall. With over one million users worldwide, it has become the language of choice for Web development, text processing, Internet services, mail filtering, graphical programming, systems administration, and every other task requiring portable and easily-developed solutions.

Personalization

Tailoring Web content to an individual user. Can be accomplished by a user entering preferences or by a computer guessing about the user s preferences.

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PHP

PHP  (Hypertext Preprocessor) is an open source server side programming language extensively used for web scripts and to process data passed via the Common Gateway Interface from HTML forms etc. PHP can be written as scripts that reside on the server and may produce HTML output that downloads to the web browser. Alternatively, PHP can be embedded within HTML pages that are then saved with a .php file extension.

Ping

Packet InterNet Groper is a program and UNIX command that helps testing and debugging network and/or Internet connections. An 'Echo' command is sent to a specified computer and then waits for a response. The result is a report that displays the success or failure, usually a report back of a timed response in seconds, of the intended action.

Pixel (Picture Element)

Tiny dots that make up a computer image. The more pixels a computer monitor can display, the better the image resolution and quality. On a color monitor, every pixel is composed of a red, a green, and a blue dot that are small enough to appear as a single entity.

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Plan

‘Plan’ forms the first stage of the PDCA natural improvement cycle.
Planning establishes the objectives to be achieved and the processes and related structural elements required to achieve them.

Plan, Do, Check, Act PDCA

The PDCA is a natural cycle used by conscious animals to assess what must be done to perform something successfully before doing it, together with checking success and finally reviewing and taking action to continually improve when it is done again.

Plug-and-play

The ability of a personal computer s operating system to recognize and install with little to no intervention by the user new peripheral devices that are added to the computer.

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Plug-in

An accessory program that adds capabilities to the main program. Used on Webpages to display multimedia content.

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PNG (Portable Network Graphics)

The patent-free graphics compression format developed by Macromedia expected to replace GIF. PNG offers advanced graphics features such as 48-bit color.

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Point-to-multipoint

Transmission between multiple locations using a bridge.

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Point-to-point

Transmission between two locations.

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POP (Post Office Protocol)

The set of rules and standards that govern the retrieval of email messages from a mail server.

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Portal

A Website that acts as a doorway to the Internet or a portion of the Internet, targeted towards one particular subject. Also see learning portal.

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Post

To place a message in a public message forum. Also, to place an HTML page on the World Wide Web.

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Power users

Advanced, sophisticated users of technology (usually a computer application or an operating system) who know more than just the basics needed to operate it.

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PPP

A software package that enables a user to connect directly to the Internet over a telephone line.

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