Glosar
PROMISLingua dispune de o abordare extrem de inovativă care presupune o înțelegere comună și o nomenclatură comună. Următoarea secțiune prezintă o listă de termeni specializați și definiția acestora.
- Unicasting
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Communication between a sender and a single receiver over a network. For example, an email message sent from one person to another.
Source: Learning Circuits
- Unix
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A computer operating system developed by AT&T Bell Labs and used to develop the Internet. It is no longer the sole operating system used to run servers.
- Uplink
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The communication link from a transmitting earth station to a satellite.
Source: Learning Circuits
- Upload
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Transferring a file or files from the user's computer to a remote computer.
- URI (uniform resource identifier)
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Name and address of information - text, graphics, audio, video, and so forth - on the Internet. A URI usually identifies the application used to access the resource, the machine the resource is located on, and the file name of the resource.
A Webpage address or URL is the most commonly used type of URI. Source: Learning Circuits
- URL
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Short for Uniform Resource Locator. A string of characters used to uniquely identify a page of information on the WWW. This information is used by browser software to find other WWW, FTP, telnet, gopher, etc. sites on the Internet.
- Usability
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The measure of how effectively, efficiently, and easily a person can navigate an interface, find information on it, and achieve his or her goals.
Source: Learning Circuits
- Use
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means the direct or indirect use of knowledge for exploitation purposes.
Source: European Commission
