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| Web-based Training (WBT)
- A form of computer-based training in which the training material resides on web pages accessible through the World Wide Web. Typical media elements used are text and graphics. Other media such as animation, audio, and video can be used, but require more bandwidth and in some cases additional software. The terms "on-line courses" and "web-based instruction" are sometimes used interchangeably with WBT. |
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| Webcast
- Communicating to multiple computers at the same time over Internet by "streaming" live audio and/or live video. Usually refers to a live broadcast. Examples of commercial products emerging in this area include RealAudio, VDOLive, and VXtreme. |
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| Website
- Related collection of web documents. The address for a web site (see URL) takes you to the initial page, or home page. From the home page you can go to all the other pages on the web site. |
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| World Wide Web (WWW)
- A hypertext-based, distributed information system originally created by researchers at CERN, the European Laboratory for Particle Physics, to facilitate sharing research information. The Web presents the user with documents, called web pages, full of links to other documents or information systems. Selecting one of these links, the user can access more information about a particular topic. Web pages include text as well as multimedia (images, video, animation, sound). Servers are connected to the Internet to allow users to traverse (or "surf") the Web using a Web browser. In addition, many other resource formats such as Gopher are accessible by Web browsers. |
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