Glossary
PROMISLingua has a very innovative approach which requires a common understanding and a common nomenclature. The following section presents a list of specialist words and their definitions
- Gateway
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A computer system that connects two incompatible services such as a commercial online service and the Internet.
- GB (gigabyte)
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Just over one billion bytes. 1,000 megabytes.
Source: Learning Circuits
- GDI (graphics device interface)
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GDI Windows is a complicated operating system that's divided into several distinct areas. The graphics display interface, or GDI, is the part that draws all the graphical objects - including common elements such as scroll bars and lines - to the screen.
GDI functions are handled by a program called gdi.exe that loads automatically when you start Windows.
- GIF
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Graphical Interchange Format is a commonly used graphics file format for image files on the Internet.
- Globalization
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- The tailoring of an offering to include clear, grammatically correct text that eliminates slang, gender references, and cultural or generational idioms.
- The process of deploying a single system worldwide that meets a variety of needs.
- Integrating several working systems into one.
Source: Learning Circuits
- GPS (Global Positioning System)
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The Global Positioning System is a satellite navigation system used to determine terrestrial position, velocity, and time.
Once exclusively used by the U.S. military, the GPS is now available to the worldwide general public. The GPS system relays satellite signals that can be processed by a GPS receiver.
- Grant agreement completion date
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means the date referred to in Article 2.2, subparagraph 2, of this grant agreement.
Source: European Commission
- Granularity
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The degree of detail something can be broken down into, or the number of discrete components making up any type of system. In e-learning, granularity is defined by the number of content chunks.
Source: Learning Circuits
- Grok
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To reach total understanding of a subject. From Robert Heinlein s Stranger in a Strange Land.
Source: Learning Circuits
- GUI (graphical user interface)
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A computer interface using icons or pictures. For example, Windows.
Source: Learning Circuits
