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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 Matt Molloy |
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| IIS | |
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Internet Information Services - Microsoft's answer to Apache. This is software, that, when installed on a machine, provides a web service. Just like Apache, IIS listens to port 80 and answers any http requests from client machines. | ||
 Michael Milette |
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| Dashboard | |
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Dashboard is a customisable page in Moodle that provides users with links to their courses and activities within them, such as unread forum posts and upcoming assignments. See the documentation Dashboard for more details. | ||
Mira Vogel |
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eWiki | ||
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Abbreviation of EfurtWiki. Moodle's wiki is based on ErfurtWiki, which is an implementation of the WikiWikiWeb hypertext system. It allows simple collaborative editing and creation of web pages. For more about eWiki, see http://erfurtwiki.sourceforge.net/. | ||
 Mokhtar Beldjehem |
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| LAMP | |
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