Glossary
Printer-friendly version- ABACsearch for term
- APECi Business Advisory Council. Established in 1995, this is a permanent council composed of up to three senior business people from each member economy to provide advice on implementation of APEC action plans and on other specific business sector priorities.
- Abstractionsearch for term
- Changing the interface of an object and exposing it in a more useful form. Abstractioni may be done by providing a layer of software which makes an object or collection of objects easier to manage by exposing a different object with a different interface.
- ABTCsearch for term
- The APECi Business Travel Card scheme provides bona fide frequent business travellers with visa-free travel and expedited airport processing when visiting participating economies.
- Accessibilitysearch for term
- A characteristic of technology that enables people with disabilities to use it. For example, accessible Websites can be navigated by people with visual, hearing, motor, or cognitive impairments. Accessible design also benefits people with older or slower software and hardware.
- Adaptive Enterprisesearch for term
- A marketing term used extensively by HP. An adaptive enterprise matches supply and demand of IT resources in real time, so the business can quickly manage and capitalize on change. An adaptive enterprise can synchronize its IT resources with the demands of its business environment; similar to IBM's On-Demand Business.
- ADBsearch for term
- Asian Development Bank
- ADLsearch for term
- Initiativei by the U.S. Department of Defense to achieve interoperability across computer and Interneti-based learning courseware through the development of a common technical framework, which contains content in the form of reusable learning objects. See also SCORMi and the ADLi Websitei.
- ADOCsearch for term
- ADOCi, a non-profit organization funded by Chinese Taipei, was created in August 2004. ADOC's work is characterized by cooperation between the public and private sectors and serves as a platform for analyzing and expanding digital advancements and policies among APECi member economies.
- ADSLsearch for term
- A type of DSL that uses the majority of the bandwidth to transmit information to the user and a small part of the bandwidth to receive information from the user.
- AFSsearch for term
- The APECi Food System (AFSi) was established in February 1999 as a ad hoc task force. It is a joint and cross-cutting action being implemented by all APEC Member Economies and APEC fora to achieve three food related goals - the development of rural infrastructure, the promotion of trade in food products, and the dissemination of technological advances in food production and processing. These goals are all aimed at improving the efficiency of food production and trade for the benefit of APEC Member Economies.
- AICCsearch for term
- An international association of technology-based training professionals that develops training guidelines for the aviation industry. AICCi has and is developing standards for interoperability of computer-based and computer-managed training products across multiple industries.
- APECsearch for term
- These initials stand for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation. APECi was established in 1989 and is the primary vehicle for promoting open trade and practical economic cooperation. Its goal is to advance Asia-Pacific economic activity and sense of community among the 21 APEC Member Economies.
- APEC Forasearch for term
- APECi has a number of different groups working in the areas of trade and investment liberalisation and facilitation and economic and technical cooperation contributing to the achievement of APEC goals. Certain committees, ad hoc groups, experts groups and working groups are known individually as an APEC Forumi and collectively as APEC Forai.
- APEC Forumsearch for term
- APECi has a number of different groups working in the areas of trade and investment liberalisation and facilitation and economic and technical cooperation contributing to the achievement of APEC goals. Certain committees, ad hoc groups, expert groups and working groups are known individually as an APEC Forumi and collectively as APEC Forai.
- APEC Secretariatsearch for term
- Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Secretariat is based at 35 Heng Mui Keng Terrace, Singapore 119616 Tel: (65) 6775-6012 Fax: (65) 6775-6013 Websitei: www.apec.org
- ASCsearch for term
- APECi Study Centers (ASCi) were established in 1993 as part of the APEC Leaders' Education Initiativei. Currently there are ASCs in 19 APEC Member Economies, made up of some 100 universities, research centers and centers of academic excellence across the APEC region.
- ASCIIsearch for term
- A computer code in which characters such as letters and symbols are converted into numbers that the computer can understand.
- ASEANsearch for term
- Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEANi) is one of three organisations with APECi Official Observer status. The other two observers are: Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECCi) and Pacific Islands Forumi (PIFi).
- ASPsearch for term
- A third-party organization that supplies software applications and/or software-related services over the Interneti. ASPs allow companies to save money, time, and resources by outsourcing some or all of their information technology needs.
- Asynchronous learningsearch for term
- Learning in which interaction between instructors and students occurs intermittently with a time delay. Examples are self-paced courses taken via the Interneti or CD-ROMi, Q&A mentoring, online discussion groups, and email.
- ATCWGsearch for term
- Agricultural Technical Cooperation Working Group (ATCWGi) was established in 1996 as a formal APECi body. Two prior meetings agreed on a work program of joint activities to enhance agriculture's contribution to the region's economic growth and social well-being and developed a framework for undertaking those cooperative activities. Following SOMi I in 1999, the ATCEG has expanded the scope of its priority areas incorporating part of Food, Energy, the Environment, Economic growth and Population (FEEEPi) joint actions; (a) food and agricultural related research and development; (b) trade and other matters; and (c) food and agricultural environmental issues.
- ATMsearch for term
- A network technology for high-speed transfer of data. Packets of information are relayed in fixed sizes, enabling smooth transmission. ATMi supports real-time voice and video as well as data and can reach speeds of up to 10 Gbps.
- Audio conferencingsearch for term
- Voice-only connection of more than two sites using standard telephone lines.
- Audiographicssearch for term
- Computer-based technology that enables simultaneous transmission of voice, data, and graphic images across local telephone lines for instructor-learner interaction
- Authoring toolsearch for term
- A software application or program used by trainers and instructional designers to create e-learning courseware. Types of authoring tools include instructionally focused authoring tools, Web authoring and programming tools, template-focused authoring tools, knowledge capture systems, and text and file creation tools.
- Autonomic Computingsearch for term
- The capability of computer systems and networks to automatically configure themselves to changing conditions and heal themselves in the event of failure. Autonomy implies that less human intervention is required for operation under such conditions.
- Avatarsearch for term
- In online environments, a virtual digital image representing a person. In e-learning avatars usually represent the learners. The term comes from a Sanskrit word meaning an incarnation in human form.
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