Access: Ability to enter data into or retrieve data from a computer's memory or to use certain programs. Users often need an account number and a password to gain access to a system.
Account: A portion of time-sharing computer memory reserved for the storage of programs and data by a certain user.
Artificial intelligence (AI): The branch of computer science concerned with the development of computer hardware and software that simulates human mental processes such as reasoning or learning from experience or by trial and error.
Authoring language: A programming language, such as PILOT, that is specifically designed for creating courseware.
Authoring system: A type of software that allows the user, without a knowledge of programming, to create courseware by responding to a series of prompting questions.
CAI: Computer-assisted instruction.
CALL: Computer-assisted language learning
CBI: Computer-based instruction.
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Thanks for posting the definitions of some terms that are frequently used in this domain. This will definitely better our understanding of the theories and practices in IT.
Sure. And I will continue the terms after finishing my webography. Actually, I am quite interested in the area, and had decided to do my master's disertation on it.
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