May 2019
Intermediate to advanced
240 pages
3h 41m
English
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BUZZWORDS, ACRONYMS, AND LEGITIMATE TERMINOLOGY
| AASB | Audit and Assurance Standards Board (see also ISAE) |
| Agile (Agility) | A method of project management, used especially for software development, that is characterized by the division of tasks into short phases of work and frequent reassessment and adaptation of plans |
| Android phone | A smartphone operating system (OS) developed by Google |
| API | Application programming interface (a set of subroutine definitions, protocols, and tools for building application software; commonly makes it easier to develop a computer program by providing all the building blocks, which are then put together by the programmer) |
| Application software | A program (application or app for short) designed to perform a group of coordinated functions, tasks, or activities for the benefit of the user |
| Artificial intelligence (AI) | Intelligence demonstrated by machines, in contrast to the natural intelligence (NI) displayed by humans and other animals; commonly defined as any device that perceives its environment and takes actions; colloquially when a machine mimics cognitive functions that humans associate with other human minds, such as learning and problem solving |
| Augmented reality | A direct or indirect view of a physical, real-world environment whose elements are augmented by computer-generated perceptual information; commonly used across multiple sensory modalities, including visual, auditory, haptic, somatosensory, and olfactory |
| Bar code | An optical, machine readable, ... |
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