Glossary

Popular Glossary Terms

• user profile

  characterization of a system’s target population providing…

• cost-effectiveness evaluation

  a comparison of the cost of implementing a new information system or u…

• objects-and-actions design methodology

  an approach to interface design based on analyzing the task domain: d…

• pen-based computing

  interacting with computers using a pen, as opposed to a keyboard or mo…

• starfield display

  a refinement of a scatter diagram used in information visualization…

• internationalization

  or i18n (the letter “i” followed by 18 letters, followe…

• model-view-controller

  (MVC) an architecture for software that separates the underlying ap…

• floating palette

  a window that is subsidiary to the main document window. It has a speci…