Vocab 3/8/09- Models and Wizards

Model:
A program or demonstrative item that represents a larger or more copmplex problem through the application of patterns and projections of the assumed course or actions that will take place. Used in computers, this program applies patterns and projections to everything from climate models to models of the shifting of the tectonic plates.

IB: Computer program based on matematical trends to represent the real world.

Simulation:
Similiar to a model, a computer simulation uses a computer generated system to represent the possible reactions and behavior of a real or proposed system, object or action. Utilizing mathematical equations and models to represent the real world.

IB: A Computer program utilizing mathematical models to visually represent the real world.

Feedback Loop:
A feedback loop is a loop that gives you feedback on the current events in a simulation, and can help determine what happened when during a simulation.

Tutorial Software:
Is software that is modified to be used by a user, explaining the uses, and how to use a program that may utilize fairly complicated methods of use, or be unfamiliar to the user, who may be used to a significantly different system.

Training Software:
Software that teaches various employees or others how to do various tasks that a company may need that employee to execute, or to teach them how to use a particularly complicated program that they may be unfamiliar with.

Wizards and Assistants:
Wizards and assistances are both used to better allow the installation of new programs and software, in order to make the installation an easier process, as the process without the wizards and assistants could lead to confusion among less computer-savvy users.

Help Menu and Help Features:
Help Menus and features are designed to assist the user during the operation of programs, helping users utilize various features that the program has, while at the same time, helping users identify problems that may occur in the program, and when they do occur, help the user identify these problems, and suggest courses of action to combat these problems.

"Read Me" Files:
Read Me files traditionally contain all relavent material on the program they come with, outlining legal guidelines for use, along with describing the various uses the program can be used for, where legally allowed, while also outlining the terms 0f use, and the acceptable uses of the program while also containing a detailed account of the functions of the program.