Glossary of common terms
This glossary defines a number of words you will see used often in discussions about Moodle - you'll find them highlighted throughout this course.
If you wish to import this glossary to your Moodle site, you can download this file of exported entries: glossary_of_common_terms_20101214.xml.
Please feel free to add new words here!
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 | Accessibility | ||
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Accessible to all. An application is said to be accessible if all type of users including disabled are able to use it. | |||
activities | ||
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Activities in Moodle are educational things to do. They include, for example:
discussing a topic in a forum, writing a journal entry, submitting an
assignment, or completing a quiz. | ||
 | AFAIK | ||
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As Far As I Know | |||
Ajax | ||
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An abbreviation for "Asynchronous JavaScript and XML" - technologies for creating interactive web applications. | ||
AMFPHP | |||
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AMFPHP is a 'remoting server'. It is a piece of software that you install on your server that allows Flash movies to seamlessly talk to PHP. More info here : | |||
AMOS | ||
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An acronym for Automated Manipulation of Strings, Moodle's translation tool located at lang.moodle.org. | ||
 | AMPPS | |
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Apache | ||
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Short name for Apache HTTP Server Project. This is the web server environment that Moodle was developed in, a freely downloadable Open Source product from Apache Software Foundation. Gossip: The original name for Apache Server was "A patchy server", but cooler heads prevailed and named it Apache - didn't matter, it worked so well it celebrated its 15th birthday February 2010 and has been the Web's most popular server environment since April of 1996. | ||
applet | ||
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Applets are small programs written in Java and embedded within web pages. Most recent browsers can run these small programs if you have Java installed on your computer. | ||
