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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I appreciate the contributions and editorial assistance of Ms. Jerri Harris and Mary Merner, East Carolina University School of Medicine; Carolyn Lackey, PhD, North Carolina State University; Patrick Kelly, Greenville, NC; Benedict Tisa, Manoff Group, Washington DC; Gayle Gibbons and Nicole Cheetam, Clearinghouse on Infant Feeding and Maternal Nutrition, Washington DC; Sandy Facinoli, Food and Nutrition Information Center, USDA, Beltsville, MD; Mary Miller, Interactive Design and Development, Blacksburg, VA and Regina Moench Pfanner, Nutrition Consultant, France; Susan Nitzke, University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension Service, Madison WI; Susan Gould, Colorado State University.

GLOSSARY

ALMANAC: a tool to navigate the electronic information highway, text only.

APPLICATIONS TO DISTANCE LEARNING: using computers and technology to teach students in a location separate from instructors.

BROWSERS: a software designed to navigate in World Wide Web.

BULLETIN BOARD: an electronic bulletin board is a place where messages are stored and anyone may browse the messages. These are often called NEWS GROUPS.

CD-ROM: a high density storage medium on which electronic data is etched and read by a laser beam.

COMPUTER CONFERENCING: emulates face-to-face conference where many people meet

to discuss an issues of common concerns. Participants generally can contribute

their comments at their own convenience.

COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATIONS: when a computer is used as a go-between a teacher and student; between a health care giver and the patient.

COMPUTER-TEXT-ON-SCREEN: text, similar to that found in a text book, is programmed into a computer file and shown on a computer screen.

CYBERSPACE: a popular term referring to World Wide Webb (WWB).

DESKTOP PUBLISHING: publishing by means of a personal computer. It synthesizes the capabilities of typesetting, graphic design; book production and platemaking in one integrated, cost effective hardware and software station.

ELECTRONIC MAIL (E-MAIL): is electronic mail; a document sent from one individual to another via an electronic delivery service.

FIDONET: a network of more than 15,000 individual computerized bulletin boards.

FLOPPY DISKS: a magnetic storage medium.

GLOBAL INFORMATION HIGHWAY: electronic access to global information.

GOPHER: a tool to navigate the electronic information highway, text only.

INTERACTIVE TELEVISION (ITV): television that provides at least one way video and two way audio; may use two way audio and two way video allowing everyone to feel like they are in the same room.

INTERNET: a system of interconnected computer networks. It provides access to computers, electronic mail, bulletin boards, databases and discussion groups.

KIOSK: a computer housed in a box.

LASER DISK: a large phonograph size record that has images, video, sound and other impressions permanently pressed into its service. It is played on a laser disk player.

LINKAGE APPLICATIONS: computer software applications that require a link by telephone or other communication tool.

LISTSERV: an electronic discussion group organized around a common interest or topic. To become a member of a LISTSERV one send an email message to the List owner or List management software.

MOSAIC: a software for navigating the World Wide Web.

MULTIMEDIA: definitions vary but the term has come to represent fully integrated components which include sound and/or music, full motion video, interactions with the user, non-linear navigation and more. Some educators define multimedia as text, graphics and animations on computer screens, perhaps complemented by audio. A light hearted definition is any media that have more than three plugs into an electrical source.

NETSCAPE: a software to navigate the World Wide Web.

QUICK-TIME-MOVIES: a phrase for incorporating video into computer programs.

SATELLITE MEDIA TOUR: an interviewee is placed in a studio with a satellite connection that allows two way audio and two way video with interviewers in other locations.

STAND-ALONE APPLICATIONS: computer software that require no more than the computer and perhaps some peripherals like a laser disk player and/or a CD-ROM drive.

TELEMEDICINE: use of telecommunication technologies to deliver medical information and services to locations at a distance from the care giver or educator.

TOUCH-SCREEN COMPUTER SYSTEM: a computer with a monitor that responds to the touch of the finger on a screen rather than use of keyboard or mouse.

WORLD WIDE WEB (WWW): a tool for working with collections of data or databases around the world.


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