My+Glossary


 * Ateliers**: is an artist's studio or workroom.

//**Example: The [|Silicon Graphics Cluster-SGI], a NASA computer; is an example of a cluster computer.**//
 * Cluster:** s a small group or bunch of something.


 * Charrettes**:(pronounced [sh//u//h-ret], often Anglicized to charette and sometimes called a design charrette) consists of an intense period of design activity.

//**Example:we are working on a e-zine in english class.**//
 * E-zine:** (also spelled **e-zine**) is a more generic term commonly applied to small magazines and newsletters distributed by any electronic method, for example, by electronic mail (e-mail/email). Some social groups may use the terms **cyberzine** and hyperzine when referring to electronically distributed resources. Similarly, some online magazines may refer to themselves as "electronic magazines" to reflect their readership demographics, and more importantly to capture alternative terms and spellings in online searches.



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 * Gather**:an old term which describes a group of people coming together for a task.


 * Handouts**: is A sheet or sheets of paper containing topical information.


 * Haze:** A partially opaque covering.

"beyond") and "universe". //**Example:Second Life is a Metaverse universe.**//
 * Metaverse:**is a fictional virtual world, described inNeal Stephenson's 1992 science fiction novel Snow Crash, where humans, as avatars, interact with each other and software agents, in a three-dimensional space that uses the metaphor of the real world. The word //metaverse// is a portmanteau of the prefix "meta" (meaning


 * Overlapping**: To have an area or range in common with.

//**Example: Children who are easily influenced by their peers. **//
 * Peers:** A person who has equal standing with another or others, as in rank, class, or age.

//**Example: Marilyn Monroe used to pose like a pin-up**//.
 * Pin-ups**:or pin-up model is a model whose mass-produced pictures see wide appeal as pop culture. Pin-ups are intended for informal display. Pin-up girls are glamour models, fashion models, and actresses.


 * Podcast**: is a series of digital media files that are released episodically and downloaded through web syndication.


 * Portmanteau:** is used broadly to mean a blend of two (or more) words and their meanings into one, and narrowly in linguistics fields to mean only a blend of two or more function words.
 * //Example: [|Wikipedia] is a portmanteau of wiki and encyclopedia, indicating that it is an encyclopedia using the wiki concept.//**




 * Punchy:** Informal incisive or forceful.


 * Script**: In computer programming, a script is a program or sequence of instructions that is interpreted or carried out by another program rather than by the computer processor.


 * Scheme** is one of the two main dialects of the programming language Lips.follows a minimalist design philosophy specifying a small standard core with powerful tools for language extension.


 * Skim**:To read or glance through (a book, for example) quickly or superficially.

 //**Example: she is very good writing summaries in class**//.
 * Summary**: or **recap** is a shortened version of the original. The main purpose of such a simplification is to highlight the major points from the original (much longer) subjec.

//**Example:**////**We had to choose a sponsor for our e-zine**//.
 * Sponsors**: To sponsor something is to support an event, activity, person, or organization financially or through the provision of products or services. A sponsor is the individual or group that provides the support, similar to a benefactor.


 * Watershed** :In image processing, the watershed algorithm is a segmetation algorithm based on the topology of the image. The length of the gradients is interpreted as elevation information.