Information Technology Systems & Services
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- On Screen Keyboard
- A keyboard that appears on screen so a user who cannot use their hands can use Assistive Technology (such as a Head Pointer) to enter keyboard input.
- One-way Mirror
- One-way mirror is a a piece of glass that is a mirror on one side but can be seen through from the other side. One-way mirrors are sometimes used in usability testing or focus groups so that observers may watch the session without being distracting or disruptive.
- Ontology
- In information technology, an ontology (pronounced ahn-TAH-luh-djee) is the working model of entities and interactions in some particular domain of knowledge or practices. It is a set of concepts that are specified in some way in order to create an agreed-upon vocabulary for exchanging information. A formal ontology is a controlled vocabulary expressed in an ontology representation language. This language has a grammar for using vocabulary terms to express something meaningful within the specified domain of interest.
- Operators
- In programming, operators are used to combine and manipulate expressions. They tell the computer which actions to perform.