Quiz VIII

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.*

Cookie
A message given by a web server to a web browser, which stores the message in a text file. The message is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. The main purpose of cookies is to identify users and possibly prepare customized Web pages for them. Cookies can be disabled in the browser.

Encryption
Encoding information using some specific algorithm in order to hide it. The original information can not be retrieved without using a matching decryption algorithm.

we want to know what algorithm was ... compliments of the encarta software on the school computers.
al·go·rithm [álgə rìəm]
(plural al·go·rithms)
noun
1. problem-solving procedure: a logical step-by-step procedure for solving a mathematical problem in a finite number of steps, often involving repetition of the same basic operation
2. problem-solving computer program: a logical sequence of steps for solving a problem, often written out as a flow chart, that can be translated into a computer program


[Late 17th century. Variant of algorism , under the influence of Greek arithmos “number.”]
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End user
The person for whom a particular technology is designed; the individual who uses the technology for its designated purpose. In e-learning, the end user is usually the student.*

Real-time communication
Communication in which information is received at (or nearly at) the instant it's sent. Real-time communication is a characteristic of synchronous learning.*

RSS (Real Simple Syndication)
RSS, a lso know as Rich Site Summary, is an XML format for distributing news headlines on the Web, also known as syndication. First started by Netscape as part of the My Netscape site.