Glossary

Popular Glossary Terms

• technical writing

  creating text that communicates facts in a simple, direct, and effec…

• automaticity

  a level of skilled performance characterized by high speed, minimal…

• disk tree

  a representation of hierarchical information with the primary node…

• design-prototype-test cycle

  a design process methodology of driving changes in design through su…

• conversion rate

  the percentage of people who achieve a given task from a given startin…

• system administration

  supporting a user community by maintaining their computer environm…

• floating palette

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

• stakeholder

  a person who is concerned with the outcome of a user interface design b…