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My Word Coach is a video game from Ubisoft for the Nintendo DS, Wii and iOS.It involves English vocabulary, and is intended to develop the ability to express oneself clearly and with confidence, using a system called Expression Potential, or EP.
WPS Office (an acronym for Writer, Presentation and Spreadsheets, [3] previously known as Kingsoft Office) is an office suite for Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, [4] iOS, [5] Android, [6] Fire OS and HarmonyOS [2] developed by Chinese software developer company, Kingsoft Office Software.
A vocabulary (also known as a lexicon) is a set of words, typically the set in a language or the set known to an individual. The word vocabulary originated from the Latin vocabulum, meaning "a word, name". It forms an essential component of language and communication, helping convey thoughts, ideas, emotions, and information.
[5] [7] A switch from an early stage of slow vocabulary growth to a later stage of faster growth is referred to as the vocabulary spurt. [13] Young toddlers acquire one to three words per month. A vocabulary spurt often occurs over time as the number of words learned accelerates. It is believed that most children add about 10 to 20 new words a ...
ReadyBoost (codenamed EMD [1]) is a disk caching software component developed by Microsoft for Windows Vista and included in later versions of Windows. ReadyBoost enables NAND memory mass storage CompactFlash , SD card , and USB flash drive devices to be used as a cache between the hard drive and random access memory in an effort to increase ...
[10] [11] High-definition disc media ( HD DVD , Blu-ray Disc ) uses SDH subtitles as the sole method because technical specifications do not require HD to support line 21 closed captions. Some Blu-ray Discs, however, are said to carry a closed caption stream that only displays through standard-definition connections.
The Xerox Alto is a computer system developed at Xerox PARC (Palo Alto Research Center) in the 1970s. It is considered one of the first workstations or personal computers, and its development pioneered many aspects of modern computing.
[29] [13] When Fry's successors closed, their version was acquired and issued (and some sizes possibly recut) by Stephenson Blake under the name "Baskerville Old Face"; many imitations follow its design, often adding lining figures at cap height and cropping the descenders as was necessary for "standard line" American printing.