Technology in Action 8th edition chapter 1 presentation

Computer literate: what is understanding the capabilities and limitations of computers and what you can do with them?
Software: what are the programs or instructions that tell a computer what to do?
Spam: what is electronic junk mail?
Affective computing: what is computing that relates to emotion or deliberately tries to influence emotion?
Digital divide: what is the discrepancy between “haves” and “have-nots” regarding computer technology?
Bluetooth technology: what is type of wireless communication that transmits scanned data through radio waves to a terminal?
Acquisition devices: what do UPS carriers use to track package delivery?
Data mining: what is the process of searching huge amount of data in hopes of finding a pattern?
Offshored: what is the term used for programming jobs that have been sent to other countries?
External measures: what uses a computer to create a work of art that reacts to the presence, and the absence, of movement of the viewers in the gallery?
Personal digital assistant (PDA): what is a small device that allows users to carry digital information?
Computer forensics: what specialty applies computer systems and techniques to gather potential legal evidence, and offers means to recover and read deleted or damaged files from a criminal’s computer?
Radio frequency identification tags (RFID): what devices contain a microchip that holds a unique sequence of numbers used to identify a farm animal?
Patient simulators: what are life-sized, computer-controlled mannequins that can speak, breathe, and blink?
Physiome project: what has developed a working computer model of a human being?
Media computer: what is the nerve center of any digital home?
Network: what allows you to transfer files easily to other devices (such as television) in your home?
Radio tuner: what allows you to tune into internet radio stations and record their broadcasts as digital files on your computer?
Media center: what functions as a digital video recorder, a video player, and a music player that you can use to view and organize the digital audio and video files on your computer?
Universal remote: what is a device that works with any infrared controlled device such as your computer, digital media adapters, amplifiers, or receivers?
Information technology: what is the set of techniques used in information handling and retrieval of information automatically?
Computer simulations: what are used for gaming purposes and criminal investigations?
Biomedical chips: what could be used to repair nerve damage and restore movement or sensation to parts of the body?
Computer gaming: what is a $21 billion industry in the united states alone and is projected to continue its rapid growth over the next decade?
Industryplayer.com: what allows students to compete online for domination of a global market while giving instructors the chance to introduce many business concepts?