ArthurSmithSoftwareVocabulary


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 * Legacy System || is an old method, technology, computer system, or application program that continues to be used, typically because it still functions for the users' needs, even though newer technology or more efficient methods of performing a task are now available. || Cybernetics || is the interdisciplinary study of the structure of regulatory systems. Cybernetics is closely related to information theory, control theory and systems theory || Proximity Sensors || is a sensor able to detect the presence of nearby objects without any physical contact || Neural Networks || was traditionally used to refer to a network or circuit of biological neurons. The modern usage of the term often refers to artificial neural networks, which are composed of artificial neurons or nodes. || Netizens || is a portmanteau of the English words internet and citizen. It is defined as an entity or person actively involved in online communities and a user of the internet, especially an avid one ||
 * Linux || is a free Open SourceOperating system, based on Unix. It is available from many vendors with optional paid for support and provides an increasingly viable alternative to the Win 32 platform. || Hierarchical menu || a secondary menu that appears while you are holding the cursor over an item on the primary menu || EULA || stands for end user licensing agreements. It is a type of software licensing contract. An example of this would be the itunes agreement. || Parsing Program || A **parsing program** (**parser**) would analyze sentence structure. Identify each word by its part of speech and then look up each word in a translation dictionary and substitute the appropriate word. || Heuristics || This refers to experience-based techniques for solving a problem, discovery and learning for oneself. These methods are used to speed up the process of finding a good enough solution. A couple examples are an intuitive guess or common sense. ||
 * Kernel || the kernel is the main component of most computer operating systems; it is a bridge between applications and the actual data processing done at the hardware level. || Defragmentation Utility || A program that eliminates fragmented files by changing the assignment of clusters to files || pattern recognition || is the assignment of some sort of output value (or //label//) to a given input value (or //instance//), according to some specific algorithm || XCON || is a program was a production-rule-based system written in OPS5 by John P. McDermott of CMU in 1978 to assist in the ordering of DEC's VAX computer systems by automatically selecting the computer system components based on the customer's requirements. || Predictive Text || Swiftkey uses AI to predict user's text. It’s the first keyboard of its kind. Not only does Swiftkey analyze the way words are put together, but it can scan the user's text message history to “learn” how he writes in order to custom-tailor his experience. ||