VISITview Terminology

• Lesson = an ordered collection of pages designed to be used during a short (say, less than an hour) training session
• Page = one or more images (GIF or JPEG files) that make up part of a lesson
• Client = the user side of a client-server connection
• Server = a VISITview server receives and re-distributes messages during a training session
• Group = one or more clients using a server which are logically isolated from other groups using the same server
• Training session = when several students and one master/instructor connect together to allow the instructor to teach
• student =  a VISITview client display without the ability to change pages
• master  (aka. instructor) = a VISITview client display with full control
• ZIP file = a compressed file of data and programs
• self-extracting ZIP file = a compressed file that may be de-compressed by running it as though it were a program
• loop = a sequence of images that are shown in a "movie loop" order (that is: 1,2,3,4,1,2,3,4,1,2,3,4...)
• rocking (aka. rocking loop) = a sequence of images shown in a rocking back and forth order (that is: 1 2 3 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 3 2 1...)
• pointer (aka. cursor) = a thing that appears on the screen to point to something on that screen
• drag the pointer = hold the left mouse button down while moving the mouse pointer on the screen
• fade = to fade between two images; decrease the transparency of one image while displaying it on top of another image, until it is completely opaque and covers the second image completely
• Java = an interpreted language used to create the VISITview software

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