Glossary

Popular Glossary Terms

• heads-up display

  an indicator, common in games, like a panel, that appears typically a…

• conversation analysis

  a technique generally used for analyzing multi-user interactions,…

• description error

  performing the right action for the wrong object, e.g. pouring your j…

• haptic interface

  a user interface based on touch, using the movements of the user as inp…

• visual programming language

  a programming language whose interface is graphical, as opposed to t…

• cost-effectiveness evaluation

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

• loss-of-activation error

  forgetting; an error that occurs when, after beginning a goal-direc…

• portrait and landscape

  describes the orientation of a rectangle, a screen, a printout, or an…