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- Safety Consultant
- physicians - health, chronic illnesses safety engineers and technicians- health and safety in the workplace the provision of advice relating to hazards from dangerous substances, equipment for personal protection, and other elements of a safe workplace. They need a special training. chemical and process engineers focus on plant safety () to ensure safe production processes, fire and explosion prevention. Some of these engineers are registered, as required by law. environmental engineers to ensure environmental safety such as the prevention of air and water pollution. Authorities are also a critical part of the health and safety context because of the role they play in, flow and exchange of information.
- Scalability
- The degree to which a computer application or component can be expanded in size, volume, or number of users served and continue to function properly.
- Scanner
- A device that converts a printed page or image into an digital representation that can be viewed and manipulated on a computer.
- Schema
- 1) A relatively simple textual description or representation of the internal structure of a database, including table names, element names, and relationships between elements. 2) One of several new entities that define the structure and content parameters for XML documents.
- SCORM (Sharable Content Object Reference Model)
- A set of specifications that, when applied to course content, produces small, reusable learning objects. A result of the Department of Defense s Advance Distributed Learning (ADL) initiative, SCORM-compliant courseware elements can be easily merged with other compliant elements to produce a highly modular repository of training materials.
- Screen reader
- Computer software that speaks text on the screen. Often used by individuals who are visually impaired.
- Screenshot
- A picture of a computer display that shows the display at a given point in time. Also called a screen capture. Annotated screenshots are often used in software manuals and training programs.
- Script
- A program or set of instructions not carried out by the computer processor but by another program. Code is interpreted at run time rather than being stored in executable format.
- Scripting language
- See Script.
- Scroll
- To move text and images on a computer screen in a constant direction--down, up, right, or left.
- Seamless technology
- Technology that is easy to use, intuitive in nature, and is not the focus of the learning experience. Also called transparent technology.
- Search Engine
- A tool or program which allows keyword searching for relevant sites or information on the Internet. General and topic-specific search engines are prevalent today, for example, Education World, WebCrawler, Infoseek, Lycos, and Yahoo are examples of search engines.
- Self-assessment
- The process by which the learner determines his or her personal level of knowledge and skills.
- Self-paced learning
- An offering in which the learner determines the pace and timing of content delivery.
- Self-sustaining Marketing
- Self-sustaining marketing, defined as marketing the results of research with all financial benefits constantly reinvested in further research, to benefit society.
- Semantic Web
- A concept proposed by World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee. States that the Web can be made more useful by using methods such as content tags to enable computers to understand what they are displaying and to communicate effectively with each other. That, says Berners-Lee, will increase users ability to find the information they see.
- Serial bus
- A channel through which information flows, one bit at a time, between two or more devices in or connected to a computer. A bus typically has multiple points of access through which devices can attach to it.
- Serial port
- A connection point for peripheral devices to be attached to a computer, through which data transmission occurs one bit at a time.
- Server
- A computer with a special service function on a network, generally to receive and connect incoming information traffic.
- Service provier
- A company that provides dial-up or direct access to the Internet for a fee. Sometimes referred to as ISP (internet service provider).
- Shareware
- Copyrighted software that is available for personal use for a small fee, and often downloadable from the Internet.
- Simulations
- Highly interactive applications that allow the learner to model or role-play in a scenario. Simulations enable the learner to practice skills or behaviors in a risk-free environment.
- Skill gap analysis
- Compares a person s skills to the skills required for the job to which they have been, or will be, assigned. A simple skill gap analysis consists of a list of skills required along with a rating of the employee s level for each skill. Ratings below a predetermined level identify a skill gap.
- Skills inventory
- A list of skills or competencies that an individual posssess, usually created by self-evaluation.
- SLIP (Serial Line Internet Protocol)
- A means of allowing a user to connect to the Internet directly over a high-speed modem. Also see PPP. SLIP is older and used less frequently than PPP.
