Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Bottom–up and top–down design. Bottom–up and top–down are both strategies of information processing and ordering knowledge, used in a variety of fields including software, humanistic and scientific theories (see systemics ), and management and organization. In practice they can be seen as a style of thinking, teaching, or leadership.
A position paper (sometimes position piece for brief items) is an essay that presents an arguable opinion about an issue – typically that of the author or some specified entity. Position papers are published in academia, in politics, in law and other domains. The goal of a position paper is to convince the audience that the opinion presented ...
An application server is a server that hosts applications [ 1] or software that delivers a business application through a communication protocol. [ 2] For a typical web application, the application server sits behind the web servers . An application server framework is a service layer model. It includes software components available to a ...
Concept mapping and mind mapping software is used to create diagrams of relationships between concepts, ideas, or other pieces of information. It has been suggested that the mind mapping technique can improve learning and study efficiency up to 15% over conventional note-taking. [1]
Entity–relationship model. An entity–attribute-relationship diagram for an MMORPG using Chen's notation. An entity–relationship model (or ER model) describes interrelated things of interest in a specific domain of knowledge. A basic ER model is composed of entity types (which classify the things of interest) and specifies relationships ...
A sign explaining prototype signage. A prototype is an early sample, model, or release of a product built to test a concept or process. [ 1] It is a term used in a variety of contexts, including semantics, design, electronics, and software programming. A prototype is generally used to evaluate a new design to enhance precision by system ...
Model–view–controller ( MVC) is a software design pattern [ 1] commonly used for developing user interfaces that divides the related program logic into three interconnected elements. These elements are: the model, the internal representations of information. the view, the interface that presents information to and accepts it from the user.
A mindmap of ICTs. Information and communications technology (ICT) is an extensional term for information technology (IT) that stresses the role of unified communications [1] and the integration of telecommunications (telephone lines and wireless signals) and computers, as well as necessary enterprise software, middleware, storage and audiovisual, that enable users to access, store, transmit ...