Technology+Terms

__**webinar**__: short for Web-based seminar; a presentation, lecture, workshop or seminar that is transmitted over the Web. Patti Pentecost __**lifestream:**__ a record of all of one's online content and social interactions, presented chronologically on a single Website. Steve Eubanks __**network bandwidth:**__ refers to the volume of data being transmitted across a network at any given time. Tasha Roland __**802.11a:**__ is a term that transmits data over wireless network is was made by the IEEE. Gary Shull __**cache:**__ stores recently-used information in a place where it can be accessed extremely fast. Melanie Class __**Digitize:**__ When you "digitize" something, you convert it from analog to digital. ex: if you import a VHS tape from a VCR into your computer, you might use an analog-to-digital converter (DAC) to convert the analog signal to a digital stream of data. Tasha Roland __**webcam: **__ is a video camera that is linked to the internet which records pictures that are broadcast live.Genny Dome __**Annotation:**__ The act or process of furnishing critical or explanatory notes. Steve Eubanks __**pixel:**__ Small little dots that make up the images on computer displays. The screen is divided up into a matrix of thousands or even millions of pixels. Typically, you cannot see the individual pixels, because they are so small. Melanie Class __**archive file:**__ a file that is composed of one or more files along with metadata that can include source volume and medium information, file directory structure, error detection and recovery information, file comments, and usually employs some form of lossless compression. Tasha Roland __**Graphics:**__ the art or science of drawing a representation of an object on a two-dimensional surface according to mathematical rules of projection. Steve Eubanks __**truncate:**__ to shorten something, or cut part of it off. In computer science, the term is often used in reference to data types or variables, such as floating point, numbers, and strings. Melanie Class __**infotainment:**__ a combo word, like "fantabulous," that combines two words into one. It refers to television shows, movies, websites, and software that blend information and entertainment together. Melanie Class __**SMS:**__ is a text messaging service component of phone, web, or mobile communication systems using standardized communications protocols that allow the exchange of short text messages between fixed line or mobile phones devices.iT is the most widely used data communication in the world. Tasha Roland __**API:**__ **application programming interface** (**API**) is a particular set of rules ('code') and specifications that [|software programs] can follow to communicate with each other. It serves as an [|interface] between different software programs and facilitates their interaction, similar to the way the [|user interface] facilitates interaction between humans and computers. __**LinkedIn:**__ Social network for the business person. Genny Dome
 * __Ajax__** sometimes called asynchronous java script and XML is a way of programming for the web it is a group of interrelated web development methods used on the client side to create asynchronous web applications. With Ajax web applications an send data to and retrieve data from a server asynchronously without interfering with the display and behavior of the existing page. Tasha Roland.
 * __[|Negotiation skills] __ – **ability to understand the other side and reach a win-win resolution that you find favorably, satisfies both sides, and maintains relationships for future dealings. Genny Dome
 * [|Resilience] **– Ability to bounce back from a when there is loss of job. Genny Dome

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__**PNG**__-Stands for "Portable Network Graphic." This format was designed as an alternative to the GIF format (which has been plagued by copyright issues). Like GIFs, PNG files are lossless, meaning they don't lose any detail when they are compressed. They support up to 48-bit color or 16-bit grayscale and typically compress about 5% to 25% better than GIF files..Tasha Roland