EMPOWERMENT TECHNOLOGIES

GLOSSARY OF TERMS
 Assistive Media
a component under Assistive technology (AT),
which is a generic term used to refer to a group
of software or hardware devices by which people
with disabilities can access computers. Assistive
Media is also a name of a company: the
Internet's first audio solution for persons with
print reading/access barriers. The audio
recordings of the literary works produced by
Assistive Media are now easily accessible, on-
demand, to the ever growing number of persons
with disabilities who now use the Internet.
 Collaborative platforms
is a category of business software that adds
broad social networking capabilities to
work processes.
 Convergent Technologies
an extension of the term convergence which
means a coming together of two or more
disparate disciplines or technologies. For
example, the so-called fax revolution was
produced by a convergence of
telecommunications technology, optical scanning
technology, and printing technology. Convergent
Technologies also refers to an American
computer company formed by a small group of
people who left Intel Corporation and Xerox PARC
in 1979
 ICT (information and communications technology - or
technologies) is an umbrella term that includes any
communication device or application, encompassing: radio,
television, cellular phones, computer and network
hardware and software, satellite systems and so on, as well
as the various services and applications associated with
them, such as video conferencing and distance learning.
ICTs are often spoken of in a particular context, such as ICTs
in education, health care, or libraries. The term is
somewhat more common outside of the United States. It
may also be defined as Information and Communication
Technologies (ICT or ICTs) are digital forms of
communication including tools available on the nternet,
such as blogging and email, as well as computer software,
such as Microsoft PowerPoint and Word

 Mobile Media This refers to media devices such as

mobile phones and PDAs were the primary
source of portable media from which we could obtain
information and communicate with one another. More
recently, the smartphone (which has combined many
features of the cellphone with the PDA) has rendered
the PDA next to obsolete. The growth of new mobile
media as a true force in society was marked by
smartphone sales outpacing personal computer sales
in 2011.

 Online systems - Are online versions of

information systems which is the process of
and tools for storing, managing, using and
gathering of data and communications in an
organization. An example of information
systems are tools for sending out
communications and storing files in a
business.

 Social Media - are computer-mediated tools

that allow people or companies to create,
share, or exchange information, career
interests, ideas, and pictures/videos in virtual
communities and networks.

 Web 2.0 - describes World Wide Web sites

that emphasize user-generated content,
usability, and interoperability. The term was
popularized by Tim O'Reilly and Dale
Dougherty at the O'Reilly Media Web 2.0
Conferenceinlate2004,though it was coined.

 Web 3.0 - a phrase coined by John Markoff

oftheNewYorkTimesin2006,refers to a supposed
third generation of Internet-based services that
collectively comprise what might be called the
intelligent Web such as those using semantic
web, micro formats, natural language search,
data-mining, machine learning, recommendation
agents, and artificial intelligence technologies
which emphasize machine-facilitated
understanding of information in order to provide
a more productive and intuitive user
experience.