Social & Semantic Web

David S. (United States of America)
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  1. affiliation
    the act of becoming formally connected or joined
  2. network
    an open fabric woven together at regular intervals
  3. social
    living together or enjoying life in communities
  4. network
    an open fabric woven together at regular intervals
  5. analysis
    abstract separation of something into its various parts
  6. world
    the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
  7. evidence
    knowledge on which to base belief
  8. collaboration
    act of working jointly
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  9. validation
    finding or testing the truth of something
  10. terminology
    a system of words used to name things in a discipline
  11. link
    connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces
  12. search
    look or seek
  13. metadata
    data about data
  14. web
    an intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving
  15. mining
    the act of extracting ores or coal from the earth
  16. information
    knowledge acquired through study or experience
  17. retrieval
    the act of regaining or saving something lost
  18. user
    someone who employs or takes advantage of something
  19. intention
    an anticipated outcome that guides your planned actions
  20. intentional
    done or made with purpose and will
  21. structure
    a complex entity made of many parts
  22. essential
    basic and fundamental
  23. background
    the part of a scene behind objects in the front
  24. Coward
    English dramatist and actor and composer noted for his witty and sophisticated comedies (1899-1973)
  25. past
    earlier than the present time; no longer current
  26. present
    happening or existing now
  27. future
    the time yet to come
  28. civic
    of or relating or belonging to a city
  29. technologist
    a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems
  30. accountability
    responsibility to someone or for some activity
  31. technical
    of or relating to aptitude in a practical skill
  32. legal
    established by or founded upon law or official rules
  33. social
    living together or enjoying life in communities
  34. privacy
    the condition of being concealed or hidden
  35. protection
    the activity of shielding someone or something
  36. strategy
    an elaborate and systematic plan of action
  37. optional
    possible but not necessary; left to personal choice
  38. method
    a way of doing something, especially a systematic way
  39. class
    a collection of things sharing a common attribute
  40. ethnography
    scientific description of individual human societies
  41. Internet
  42. dependency
    relying on or being controlled by someone or something else
  43. tracking
    the pursuit by following tracks or marks they left behind
  44. computation
    the procedure of calculating
  45. trust
    belief in the honesty and reliability of others
  46. experience
    the content of observation or participation in an event
  47. technology
    the practical application of science to commerce or industry
  48. anthologise
    compile an anthology
  49. semantic
    of or relating to meaning or the study of meaning
  50. gathering
    the act of gathering something
  51. data
    a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn
  52. persistent
    stubbornly unyielding
  53. agent
    a representative who acts on behalf of others
  54. interface
    a surface forming a common boundary between two things
  55. intersecting
    crossed or intersected in the form of an X
  56. virtual
    being actually such in almost every respect
  57. environment
    the totality of surrounding conditions
  58. distributed
    spread out or scattered about or divided up
  59. digital
    relating to or performed with the fingers
  60. inclusion
    the act of making a part of something
  61. on-line
    connected to a computer network or accessible by computer
  62. behavior
    the way a person acts toward other people
  63. sentient
    endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness
  64. model
    a representation of something, often on a smaller scale
  65. random
    lacking any definite plan or order or purpose
  66. streaming
    the circulation of cytoplasm within a cell
  67. blog
    an online journal where people post about their experiences
  68. micro
    extremely small in scale or scope or capability
  69. macro
    very large in scale or scope or capability
  70. global
    involving the entire earth
  71. worldwide
    spanning or extending throughout the entire world
  72. phenomenon
    any state or process known through the senses
  73. science
    a branch of study or knowledge involving the observation, investigation, and discovery of general laws or truths that can be tested systematically
  74. ethics
    motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
  75. law
    the collection of rules imposed by authority
  76. electronic
    relating to or operating by a controlled current
  77. frontier
    a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country
  78. bias
    a partiality preventing objective consideration of an issue
  79. open
    affording free passage or access
  80. freedom
    the power to act, speak, or think without being controlled
  81. medium
    the surrounding environment
  82. expression
    the communication of your beliefs or opinions
  83. computing
    the procedure of calculating
  84. paradigm
    a standard or typical example
  85. World Wide Web
    computer network consisting of a collection of internet sites that offer text and graphics and sound and animation resources through the hypertext transfer protocol
  86. engineer
    a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve problems
  87. resource
    aid or support that may be drawn upon when needed
  88. benefit
    something that aids or promotes well-being
  89. academic
    associated with an educational institution
  90. scientist
    a person with advanced knowledge of empirical fields
  91. sociologist
    a social scientist who studies the institutions and development of human society
  92. entrepreneur
    someone who organizes a business venture
  93. decision
    a position or opinion reached after consideration
  94. individual
    being or characteristic of a single thing or person
  95. brand
    a name given to a product or service
  96. personal
    concerning an individual or his or her private life
  97. group
    any number of entities (members) considered as a unit
  98. community
    a group of people living in a particular local area
  99. herd
    a group of cattle or sheep or other domestic mammals
  100. decentralized
    withdrawn from a center or place of concentration
  101. centralized
    located in one place or under control of a single authority
  102. electronic
    relating to or operating by a controlled current
  103. communications
    the discipline that studies transmitting information
  104. center
    an area that is in the middle of some larger region
  105. information
    knowledge acquired through study or experience
  106. security
    the state of being free from danger or injury
  107. privacy
    the condition of being concealed or hidden
  108. public
    not private
  109. policy
    a plan of action adopted by an individual or social group
  110. hypermedia
    a multimedia system in which related items of information are connected and can be presented together
  111. multimedia
    the use of many types of communication simultaneously
  112. library
    a place containing books and other materials for reading
  113. technology
    the practical application of science to commerce or industry
  114. intelligence
    the ability to comprehend
  115. agent
    a representative who acts on behalf of others
  116. ontology
    the metaphysical study of the nature of being and existence
  117. knowledge
    the result of perception, learning, and reasoning
  118. utility
    the quality of being of practical use
  119. complex
    complicated in structure
  120. theory
    a belief that can guide behavior
  121. sharing
    unselfishly willing to partake with others
  122. communication
    the activity of conveying information
  123. management
    the act of controlling something
  124. practice
    a customary way of operation or behavior
  125. triple
    having three units or components or elements
  126. triplet
    one of three siblings born at the same time
  127. triple
    having three units or components or elements
  128. HTTP
    a protocol (utilizing TCP) to transfer hypertext requests and information between servers and browsers
  129. protocol
    forms of ceremony and etiquette observed by officials
  130. retrieve
    get or find back; recover the use of
  131. publishing
    the business of issuing printed matter for sale or distribution
  132. performance
    the act of doing something successfully
  133. reliability
    the quality of being dependable
  134. database
    an organized body of related information
  135. schema
    a simplified or preliminary plan
  136. topology
    topographic study of a given place
  137. artificial
    contrived by art rather than nature
  138. intelligence
    the ability to comprehend
  139. emerging
    coming into existence
  140. trend
    a general tendency to change, as of opinion
  141. emergence
    the act of coming out into view
  142. structural
    relating to the composition of something
  143. research
    a seeking for knowledge
  144. support
    the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening
  145. exploitation
    an act that victimizes someone
  146. opportunity
    a possibility from a favorable combination of circumstances
  147. create
    bring into existence
  148. ubiquity
    the state of being everywhere at once
  149. mobility
    the quality of moving freely
  150. news media
    all magazines, TV, etc. that deliver info to the public
  151. increasing
    becoming greater or larger
  152. amount
    how much there is of something that you can quantify
  153. on-line
    connected to a computer network or accessible by computer
  154. preserving
  155. invariant
    unvarying in nature
  156. uniform
    clothing of distinctive design worn by members of a group
  157. resource
    aid or support that may be drawn upon when needed
  158. indicator
    a device for showing the operating condition of some system
  159. factor
    anything that contributes causally to a result
  160. influence
    a power to affect persons or events
  161. domain
    a particular environment or walk of life
  162. name
    a language unit by which a person or thing is known
  163. system
    a group of independent elements comprising a unified whole
  164. mem
    the 13th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
  165. meme
    an amusing image that spreads rapidly through social media
  166. standard
    a basis for comparison
  167. opinion
    a personal belief or judgment
  168. leaders
    the body of people who lead a group
  169. identity
    the characteristics by which a thing or person is known
  170. branding
    the act of stigmatizing
  171. solution
    a homogeneous mixture of two or more substances
  172. comprehension
    an ability to understand the meaning of something
  173. consensus
    agreement in the judgment reached by a group as a whole
  174. engineering
    applying scientific knowledge to practical problems
  175. process
    a particular course of action intended to achieve a result
  176. exploding
  177. metaphor
    a figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity
  178. evolution
    sequence of events involved in the development of a species
  179. ecology
    the environment as it relates to living organisms
  180. society
    an extended group having a distinctive cultural organization
  181. requirement
    necessary activity
  182. policy
    a plan of action adopted by an individual or social group
  183. rule
    prescribed guide for conduct or action
  184. connecting
  185. relevant
    having a bearing on or connection with the subject at issue
  186. approach
    move towards
  187. covering
    a natural object that covers or envelops
  188. variant
    something a little different from others of the same type
  189. methodology
    the techniques followed in a particular discipline
  190. spatiotemporal
    of or relating to space and time together
  191. grain
    a cereal grass
  192. size
    the physical magnitude of something (how big it is)
  193. modelling
    a preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied
  194. domain
    a particular environment or walk of life
  195. application
    the action of putting something into operation
  196. proof
    any evidence that helps to establish the truth of something
  197. unifying
    tending to become one
  198. logic
    the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference
  199. query
    an instance of questioning
  200. rule
    prescribed guide for conduct or action
  201. interchange
    cause to change places
  202. culture
    all the knowledge and values shared by a society
  203. point
    a distinguishing or individuating characteristic
  204. view
    the visual percept of a region
  205. folksong
    a song that is traditionally sung by the common people of a region and forms part of their culture
  206. emergent
    coming into existence
  207. structure
    a complex entity made of many parts
  208. software
    written programs operating on a computer system
  209. add
    join or combine or unite with others
  210. edit
    prepare for publication or presentation by revising
  211. content
    satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are
  212. argument
    a dispute where there is strong disagreement
  213. commentary
    a written explanation or criticism or illustration
  214. document
    a representation of a person's thinking with symbolic marks
  215. links
    a golf course that is built on sandy ground near a shore
  216. tag
    a small piece of cloth or paper
  217. altruistically
    in an altruistic manner
  218. navigation
    guidance of ships, planes, or vehicles from place to place
  219. selfishly
    in an egotistical manner
  220. folk
    people in general (often used in the plural)
  221. taxonomy
    a classification of organisms based on similarities
  222. illogical
    lacking in a correct relation of reason
  223. idiosyncratic
    peculiar to the individual
  224. synonymy
    the semantic relation that holds between two words that can (in a given context) express the same meaning
  225. polysemy
    the property of a word or expression having multiple meanings
  226. polysemous
    having many meanings
  227. language
    a means of communicating by the use of sounds or symbols
  228. pattern
    a repeated design, structure, or arrangement
  229. engagement
    a meeting arranged in advance
  230. implicit
    suggested though not directly expressed
  231. agreement
    harmony of people's opinions, actions, or characters
  232. semiotic
    of or relating to the theory of signs and symbols
  233. dynamics
    mechanics concerned with forces that cause motions of bodies
  234. argument
    a dispute where there is strong disagreement
  235. annotating
    the act of adding notes
  236. informality
    a manner that does not take forms and ceremonies seriously
  237. semantic
    of or relating to meaning or the study of meaning
  238. scientific
    consistent with systematic study of the physical world
  239. context
    the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation
  240. rationalisation
    the cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason
  241. customer
    someone who pays for goods or services
  242. harvest
    the gathering of a ripened crop
  243. database
    an organized body of related information
  244. algorithm
    a precise rule specifying how to solve some problem
  245. hegemony
    the dominance or leadership of one social group over others
Created on Wed Nov 26 19:03:31 EST 2008 (updated Wed Nov 26 19:27:37 EST 2008)

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