GeekSpeak

Describe the new page here.

('arcane computer acronym, terminology or technology')

1/18/01

Interface- parts of the computer that we work with; two different subsystems transmitting one piece of hardware to another;give and take of information

Widget- objects that make up interfaces, i.e. mouse, menus, textbox, buttons; basic tools and objects.

Hypertext- gives the reader control instead of the author; allows user to jump around from source to source; linkages between texts.

CAD- particular software design program, esp.archetectural

Gesture recognition- interpreting body movements into text, as a command (recognizing handwriting, signlanguage, etc)

Nano technology- cellular, microscopic, level of technology

GOMS- 'G'oals, 'O'perators, 'M'ethods, and 'S'election rules; hard science approach