Glossary Index

The Glossary is a great tool to clarify essential ideas and technical terminology used in online courses, websites, and blogs. Each term added to the glossary will appear both in the glossary index and as a tooltip in each article where the term appears.
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  • The first major round of business financing by private equity investors or venture capitalists. In private equity investing, an "A" round, or Series A financing, is usually in the form of convertible preferred stock. An "A" round by external investors generally takes place after the founders have used their seed money to provide a "proof of(...) Read More
  • A/B testing is an experimental approach to user experience design, which aims to identify changes to web pages that increase or maximize an outcome of interest / KPI (e.g., click-through rate for a banner advertisement). As the name implies, two versions (A and B) are compared, which are identical except for one variation that might impact a(...) Read More
  • An abbreviation (from Latin brevis, meaning short) is a shortened form of a word or phrase. Usually, but not always, it consists of a letter or group of letters taken from the word or phrase. For example, the word abbreviation can itself be represented by the abbreviation abbr., abbrv. or abbrev.CM Tooltip Pro+ has support for abbreviation (...) Read More
  • Above the Fold is the first section of the web page that visitors see on your ecommerce site. This top section of the webpage is what the user sees without scrolling. This is very important to eCommerce because this area often determines whether a visitor stays or navigates to another site. It should have important information such as links(...) Read More
  • Ads are often rotated into ad spaces from a list of banners. This is usually done automatically by software on the Web site or at a central site administered by an ad broker or server facility for a network of Web sites.The CM Ad changer supports Ad Rotation so the user may see more than once banner on the same page on the same location over(...) Read More
  • A computer that delivers and tracks advertisements independent of the web site where the ad is being displayed. Use of an ad server helps establish trust between an advertiser and publisher since the statistics are maintained by a objective third party.The CM Ad Server comes with two modules. One is an Ad Server which can be installed on any(...) Read More
  • An add-on is a software extension that adds extra features or functionality to an existing program or application. Read More
  • The WordPress admin area is the administration center of a WordPress powered website. An administrator has full access to all the sections within the WordPress Admin Area. Users with other roles such as editor, contributor, or author have limited access to the admin area. To access the WP admin dashboard, simply enter your url followed by(...) Read More
  • An admin panel or administrative dashboard is the default management section or administrative home page section for your eCommerce store front. It typically displays key information such as orders, content, sales, recent searches, reports, and charts. It also provides an overview of the store content and recent activity. This page is seen(...) Read More
  • An affiliate is a partner who is paid a commission based on the results received from marketing of products, services, and information. Affiliates help to promote products and services, as well as attract customers to a website. To be an affiliate, one would have to join an affiliate program. Ecommerce businesses often recruit visitors and(...) Read More
  • Agile software development is a group of software development methods based on iterative and incremental development, where requirements and solutions evolve through collaboration between self-organizing, cross-functional teams. It is a conceptual framework that promotes foreseen interactions throughout the development cycle. Read More
  • Ajaxan acronym for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML is a group of interrelated web development techniques used on the client-side to create asynchronous web applications. With Ajax, web applications can send data to, and retrieve data from, a server asynchronously (in the background) without interfering with the display and behavior of the(...) Read More
  • The alpha phase of the release life cycle is the first phase to begin software testing. Alpha software can be unstable and could cause crashes or data loss. The exception to this is when the alpha is available publicly, in which developers normally push for stability so that their testers can test properly. (Source WikiPedia) Read More
  • The alt attribute is used in HTML and XHTML documents to specify alternative text (alt text) that is to be rendered when the element to which it is applied cannot be rendered. It is also used by "screen reader" software so that a person who is listening to the content of a webpage (for instance, a person who is blind) can interact with this(...) Read More
  • The Apache HTTP Server, commonly referred to as Apache is a web server software which typically run on a Unix-like operating system, and was developed for use on Linux.(Source WikiPedia) Read More
  • API, an abbreviation of application program interface, is a set of routines, protocols, and tools for building software applications. A good API makes it easier to develop a program by providing all the building blocks. A programmer then puts the blocks together. The API allows programmers to use predefined functions to interact with a(...) Read More
  • API, an abbreviation of application program interface, is a set of routines, protocols, and tools for building software applications. A good API makes it easier to develop a program by providing all the building blocks. A programmer then puts the blocks together. The API allows programmers to use predefined functions to interact with a(...) Read More
  • Artificial intelligence (AI) is intelligence-perceiving, synthesizing, and inferring information-demonstrated by machines, as opposed to intelligence displayed by non-human animals and humans. Example tasks in which this is done include speech recognition, computer vision, translation between (natural) languages, as well as other mappings of(...) Read More
  • An atmosphere (from Greek ἀτμός (atmos), meaning "vapor", and σφαῖρα (sphaira), meaning "sphere") is a layer of gases surrounding a planet or other material body, that is held in place by the gravity of that body. An atmosphere is more likely to be retained if the gravity it is subject to is high and the temperature of the atmosphere is(...) Read More
  • An attachment can be almost any file. When someone attaches a file to a person's post (question) they are uploading the file to the forum's server. Forums usually have very strict limit on what can be attached and what cannot (among which the size of the files in question). Attachments can be part of a thread.CM Answers Pro support attaching(...) Read More
  • An attribute is a characteristic or property that defines or describes an object, element, or entity in a system. Read More
  • B2B (Business to Business) is a term commonly used in eCommerce to describe transactions that are conducted between businesses. Manufacturers, retailers and wholesalers typically conduct business-to-business transactions, such as buying and selling of products, services, and information with each other. Often these transactions do not(...) Read More
  • B2C or Business to Consumer is a term used to describe transactions between businesses and consumers. Businesses typically provide goods or services to the end consumer. Businesses and consumers can perform transactions online and offline, but the acronym B2C is primarily used to describe transactions conducted by an online or eCommerce(...) Read More
  • A backlink for a given web resource is a link from some other website (the referrer) to that web resource (the referent). A web resource may be (for example) a website, web page, or web directory. A backlink is a reference comparable to a citation. The quantity, quality, and relevance of backlinks for a web page are among the factors that(...) Read More
  • A web banner or banner ad is a form of advertising on the World Wide Web delivered by an ad server. This form of online advertising entails embedding an advertisement into a web page. It is intended to attract traffic to a website by linking to the website of the advertiser. The advertisement known as a "click through." In many cases, banners(...) Read More
  • A beta version of a program, game etc... is an unfinished version released to either the public a select few or whoever signs up to beta test it for bugs or glitches (Source: Urban Dictionary) The focus of beta testing is reducing impacts to users The process of delivering a beta version to the users is called beta release and this is(...) Read More
  • Boiling is the rapid vaporization of a liquid, which occurs when a liquid is heated to its boiling point, the temperature at which the vapour pressure of the liquid is equal to the pressure exerted on the liquid by the surrounding atmosphere. The higher the pressure the higher the boiling point. There are two main types of boiling; nucleate(...) Read More
  • Bootstrapping involves launching a business on a low budget. Practically this means that you’ll outsource your design and development, you‚’ll rent your servers, you won‚’t have an office and you’ll have no salary. Everything else, you’ll have to pick up yourself and learn as you go along.” Read More
  • Bounce rate or exit rate is a term used in internet marketing to describe the percentage of visitors that leave a website after viewing only one page. The page may be the website homepage or any other landing page which the store owner has built. High bounce rate means that visitors have left the landing page without navigating to any other(...) Read More
  • Breadcrumb is a navigation aid that helps visitors knows where they are located on an eCommerce store. This term was derived from the Hansel and Gretel fairytale where a trail of breadcrumbs was used to find their way home. Similarly, breadcrumb navigation helps visitors keep track of the their location on a eCommerce store. The breadcrumb is(...) Read More
  • The rate at which a new company uses up its venture capital to finance overhead before generating positive cash flow from operations. In other words, it's a measure of negative cash flow. Read More
  • A business model describes the rationale of how an organization creates, delivers, and captures value. It is a visual chart with elements describing a firm’s value proposition, infrastructure, customers, and finances. Read More
  • C++ is a high-performance, general-purpose programming language that supports both procedural and object-oriented programming. It was developed as an extension of the C language and is widely used for system software, game development, real-time simulations, and applications requiring high speed and efficiency. Read More
  • Generally, the beat of any rhythmic activity. In marching, a cadence is used to keep a marching unit synchronized and stepping on the same foot. The cadence can be performed through verbal commands with non-musical military units and typically include a call and response form of song or, with musical units, through a drum cadence. Some(...) Read More
  • An ornamental passage performed near the close of a composition, usually improvised, and usually performed by a soloist. Cadenzas are mostly to be found in arias or a concerto. Read More
  • An agreement that gives an investor the right (but not the obligation) to buy a stock, bond, commodity, or other instrument at a specified price within a specific time period. (Source Investopedia) Read More
  • An advertising campaign is a series of advertisement messages that share a single idea and theme which make up an integrated marketing communication (IMC). Advertising campaigns appear in different media across a specific time frame.The CM Ad Server hold all banners inside a campaign. This also include campaign metadata and also campaign settings Read More
  • An ensemble that performs or sings in a church. Read More
  • Carbon (from Latin: carbo "coal") is a chemical element with symbol C and atomic number 6. It is nonmetallic and tetravalent—making four electrons available to form covalent chemical bonds.It belongs to group 14 of periodic table. Three isotopes occur naturally, 12C and 13C being stable, while 14C is a radionuclide, decaying with(...) Read More
  • Card sorting is a simple technique in user experience design whereby a group of subject experts or "users", however inexperienced with design, are guided to generate a category tree or Taxonomy. It is a useful approach for designing information architecture, workflows, menu structure, or web site navigation paths (Source: WikiPedia) Read More
  • A Chargeback happens when a consumer requests that their credit card company process a refund. The credit card company will then access the merchant’s bank account or contact the transaction payment system company and ask to remove the amount that the customer requested. At this point, the issuing bank, payment gateways, and or the(...) Read More
  • ChatGPT is an AI-powered conversational agent developed by OpenAI, based on the GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) language model. It is designed to understand and generate human-like text, enabling it to answer questions, assist with tasks, write content, and engage in dialogue across a wide range of topics. Read More
  • The checkout process involves steps to complete the purchase of a product or service The checkout is the most sensitive part in the shopping experience and the rate of shopping cart abandon is an important indicator for problems found in the checkout Here is a standard checkout process that is normally used by ecommerce(...) Read More
  • The movement from one chord to the next such as I - IV - V - I. Read More
  • A method of modulation that begins on a tonic and moves to the dominant of that tonic, which is the fifth tone of the scale. From there the music moves to the dominant of the previous dominant, that is the fifth tone from the fifth tone of the original tonic. The music thus proceeds until the original tonic is again reached. In the key of C(...) Read More
  • The Spanish term for clef. Read More
  • The click rate is the percentage of ad views that resulted in clickthroughs. Although there is visibility and branding value in ad views that don't result in a clickthrough, this value is difficult to measure. A clickthrough has several values: it's an indication of the ad's effectiveness and it results in the viewer getting to the(...) Read More
  • Click-through rate (CTR) is a way of measuring the success of an online advertising campaign for a particular website as well as the effectiveness of an email campaign by the number of users that clicked on a specific link. (Source: WikiPedia) Read More
  • Click-through rate (CTR) is a way of measuring the success of an online advertising campaign for a particular website as well as the effectiveness of an email campaign by the number of users that clicked on a specific link. The purpose of click-through rates is to measure the ratio of clicks to impressions of an online ad or email marketing(...) Read More
  • The process of a visitor clicking on a Web advertisement and going to the advertiser's Web site. Also called ad clicks or requests. The click rate measures the amount of times an ad is clicked versus the amount of times it's viewed.The Cm Ad Changer is measuring the number of clicks per each banner and is displaying this inside the server(...) Read More
  • Click-through rate (CTR) is a way of measuring the success of an online advertising campaign for a particular website as well as the effectiveness of an email campaign by the number of users that clicked on a specific linkThe CM Ad Changer displays the Clickthrough rate in the campaigns table and also in the server statistics module Read More
  • Client side refers to operations that are performed by the client in a client–server relationship. Typically a web browser, that runs on a user's local computer connects to a server as necessary. Operations may be performed client-side because they require access to information or functionality that is available on the client but not on the(...) Read More
  • In meteorology, a cloud is an aerosol comprising a visible mass of minute liquid droplets, frozen crystals, or particles suspended in the atmosphere above the surface of a planetary body. The droplets and crystals may be made of water or various chemicals. On Earth, clouds are formed as a result of saturation of the air when it is cooled to(...) Read More
  • Cloud computing is the use of computing resources (hardware and software) that are delivered as a service over a network. (Source: WikiPedia) Read More
  • The CM Questions and Answers Forum is a WordPress plugin developed by CreativeMinds, that allows users to create a Q&A or a discussion forum on their WordPress site. It can be used by either registered WordPress users or using a social media login from popular platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Google+. The admin capabilities include(...) Read More
  • CM Tooltip Glossary is a WordPress plugin developed by CreativeMinds that allows users to display additional information upon hovering certain terms or items in a page or post's content. It can help increasing SEO by adding valuable links to your site, and supports images, videos, html code and even content from external services such as(...) Read More
  • CMS (Content Management Systems) is an infrastructure used in eCommerce businesses to manage their store's content, images and documents. Manual and automatic procedures or workflows are used to organize, edit, add, list and delete products. A CMS is also used by various websites, such as blogs, media and education. This method is widely used(...) Read More
  • Competitive analysis in marketing and strategic management is an assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of current and potential competitors. This analysis provides both an offensive and defensive strategic context to identify opportunities and threats (Source: WikiPedia) Read More
  • A solo group of instruments within the Baroque concerto grosso. Read More
  • In internet marketing, the conversion rate is the proportion of visitors to a website who take action to go beyond a casual content view or website visit, as a result of subtle or direct requests from marketers, advertisers, and content creators. Conversion funnel is a technical term used in e-commerce operations to describe the track a(...) Read More
  • Conversion rate is the proportion of visitors to a website who take action to go beyond a casual content view or website visit, as a result of subtle or direct requests from marketers, advertisers, and content creators. Conversion funnel is a technical term used in e-commerce operations to describe the track a consumer takes through an(...) Read More
  • Convertible notes are often used by angel investors who wish to fund businesses without establishing an explicit valuation of the company in which they are investing. When an investor purchases equity in a startup, the purchase price of the equity implies a company valuation. For example, if an investor purchases a 10 per cent ownership stake(...) Read More
  • Cost Per Acquisition or CPA refers to the average cost of acquiring leads or customers. It is most commonly associated with Search Engine Marketing (SEM). CPA is calculated by dividing the cost of advertising by the number of leads or customers for a given period of time. (Source Internet Marketing Glossary.) Read More
  • Cost Per Action or CPA (sometimes known as Pay Per Action or PPA; also Cost Per Conversion) is an online advertising pricing model, where the advertiser pays for each specified action - this could include (but not limited too): an impression, click, form submit (e.g, contact request, newsletter sign up, registration etc), double opt-in or sale. Read More
  • A Coupon is a ticket that is used for receiving financial discounts or rebates for products and services. Online and offline business uses coupons to promote their products. More commonly today, eCommerce businesses are using them to increase online sales. E-coupons are used by eCommerce businesses for customers to enter a code when they make(...) Read More
  • Pay per click (PPC) (also called cost per click) is an internet advertising model used to direct traffic to websites, in which advertisers pay the publisher (typically a website owner) when the ad is clicked. It is defined simply as “the amount spent to get an advertisement clicked.” Read More
  • A creative brief is a document used by creative professionals and agencies to develop creative deliverables: visual design, copy, advertising, web sites, etc. (Source: WikiPedia) Read More
  • Cross-platform, or multi-platform, is an attribute conferred to computer software or computing methods and concepts that are implemented and inter-operate on multiple computer platform (for example Mobile and Web) (Source:WikiPedia) Read More
  • The term Cross platform Refers to the capability of software or hardware to run identically on different platforms. (Source: WebOpedia) Read More
  • Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is a style sheet language used for describing the presentation semantics (the look and formatting) of a document written in a markup language. Its most common application is to style web pages written in HTML and XHTML, but the language can also be applied to any kind of XML document. (Source: WikiPedia) Read More
  • CSV or Comma/Character Separated Values is a file used to store data values separated by commas, characters, or breaks. Other terms commonly used are “Comma Delimited File” and “Character Separated File”. Commas or other characters are used to differentiate each piece of data. For example, Name1, Address1, Telephone1. CSV files store these(...) Read More
  • Demographics are the quantifiable statistics of a given population. Demographics are also used to identify the study of quantifiable subsets within a given population which characterize that population at a specific point in timeThe CM Ad Changer is capable of showing the domain geographic location per each click or impression Read More
  • Dew is water in the form of droplets that appears on thin, exposed objects in the morning or evening due to condensation. As the exposed surface cools by radiating its heat, atmospheric moisture condenses at a rate greater than that at which it can evaporate, resulting in the formation of water droplets. When temperatures are low enough,(...) Read More
  • A dictionary is a collection of words in one or more specific languages, often listed alphabetically (or by radical and stroke for ideographic languages), with usage information, definitions, etymologies, phonetics, pronunciations, and other information; or a book of words in one language with their equivalents in another, also known as a(...) Read More
  • A disclaimer is generally any statement intended to specify or delimit the scope of rights and obligations that may be exercised and enforced by parties in a legally recognized relationship. In contrast to other terms for legally operative language, the term disclaimer usually implies situations that involve some level of uncertainty, waiver,(...) Read More
  • An Internet forum, or message board, is an online discussion site where people can hold conversations in the form of posted messages. They differ from chat rooms in that messages are at least temporarily archived. Also, depending on the access level of a user or the forum set-up, a posted message might need to be approved by a moderator(...) Read More
  • A disruptive innovation is an innovation that helps create a new market and value network, and eventually goes on to disrupt an existing market and value network, displacing an earlier technology. The term is used in business and technology literature to describe innovations that improve a product or service in ways that the market does not(...) Read More
  • In digital marketing, a drip refers to a drip campaign, which is a series of automated messages (usually emails) sent to users over time based on their behavior or a schedule. The goal is to nurture leads, onboard users, or keep customers engaged. Read More
  • Drop shipping is a technique used by supply chains, manufacturers and wholesalers. To drop ship products is to ship them directly to the consumer. Customers will order products directly from a retailer, in which the retailer contacts the manufacturer or wholesaler to ship the product directly to the customer. The retailer does not need to(...) Read More
  • The length of time the campaign is going to run. The Ad Changer Server can hold multiple dates definitions and can also hold definitions according to days in the week Read More
  • Under e-learning ( English electronic learning ), also known as e-learning (e- learning ) , are - according to a definition of Michael Kerres  - understood all forms of learning , where electronic or digital media are used for the presentation and distribution of learning materials and / or to support interpersonal communication. For(...) Read More
  • EC2 is a virtual computing environment by Amazon.com, that enables customers to use Web service interfaces to launch instances with a variety of operating systems, load them with your custom applications, manage your network's access permissions, and run your image using as many or few systems as you need (Source: WebOpedia) Read More
  • Ecommerce or electronic commerce is a type of business that operates on the internet. Small to large businesses create Ecommerce stores to market, buy, and sell products to online consumers or other businesses. They use electronic technologies, such as mobile applications, payment gateways, supply chains, internet marketing and other tools,(...) Read More
  • An Ecommerce platform is an online application for Ecommerce businesses. It provides users with navigation tools, products catalog, search, user accounts and even a shopping cart. There are also additional features, such as customer segmentation and guided navigation. The platform is typically built with LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP), or(...) Read More
  • EDD commonly stands for Easy Digital Downloads, a popular WordPress plugin used to sell digital products such as software, eBooks, and files. It provides features like product management, payment processing, and customer tracking tailored for digital goods. Read More
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  • User engagement is a quality of the user experience that emphasize the positive aspects of interaction, in particular the fact of being captivated by the technology. Engagement also reflects the emotional, cognitive and behavioral connection that exist between a user and a technological resource. Read More
  • Eric Ries is an entrepreneur recognized for pioneering the Lean Startup movement, a business strategy which directs startup companies to allocate their resources as efficiently as possible. Read More
  • Evaporation is a type of vaporization of a liquid that occurs from the surface of a liquid into a gaseous phase that is not saturated with the evaporating substance. The other type of vaporization is boiling, which is characterized by bubbles of saturated vapor forming in the liquid phase. Steam produced in a boiler is another example of(...) Read More
  • Exit Strategy is the method by which a venture capitalist or business owner intends to get out of an investment that he has made. In other words, the exit strategy is a way of "cashing out" an investment. Examples include an initial public offering (IPO) or being bought out by a larger player in the industry. (Source: InvestOpedia) Read More
  • XML or Extensible Markup Language is a markup language that is defined by a set of rules created by W3C (World Wide Web Consortium). The format is readable by both humans and computers and is designed primarily for generating documents and data structures. It is primarily used in web development and API (Application Programming Interfaces) to(...) Read More
  • The Facebook Platform is a software environment provided by the social networking service Facebook for third-party developers to create their own applications and services that access data in Facebook.The platform offers a set of programming interfaces and tools which enable developers to integrate with the "open graph" of personal relations(...) Read More
  • Geologically, a fjord or fiord is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by glacial erosion. There are many fjords on the coasts of Alaska, British Columbia, Chile, Greenland, Iceland, the Kerguelen Islands, New Zealand, Norway, Novaya Zemlya, Labrador, Nunavut, Newfoundland, Scotland, and Washington state. Norway's(...) Read More
  • A flowchart is a type of diagram that represents an algorithm, workflow or process, showing the steps as boxes of various kinds, and their order by connecting them with arrows. This diagrammatic representation illustrates a solution model to a given problem. Flowcharts are used in analyzing, designing, documenting or managing a process or(...) Read More
  • FOB or “Free on Board” is a shipping term used to indicate the receiving party is responsible for the shipping charges. Often the buyer is typically responsible for the charges, but if the terms of the agreement state FOB; the seller pays for the transportation. The transportation charges are laid out in the terms agreement between the buyer(...) Read More
  • A focus group is a form of qualitative research in which a group of people are asked about their perceptions, opinions, beliefs, and attitudes towards a product, service, concept, advertisement, idea, or packaging. Questions are asked in an interactive group setting where participants are free to talk with other group members (SourceL WikiPedia) Read More
  • An Internet forum, or message board, is an online discussion site where people can hold conversations in the form of posted messages. They differ from chat rooms in that messages are at least temporarily archived. Also, depending on the access level of a user or the forum set-up, a posted message might need to be approved by a moderator(...) Read More
  • Fresh water is naturally occurring water on Earth's surface in ice sheets, ice caps, glaciers, icebergs, bogs, ponds, lakes, rivers and streams, and underground as groundwater in aquifers and underground streams. Fresh water is generally characterized by having low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids. The term(...) Read More
  • Fulfillment or order fulfillment is the entire process from the sales inquiry to the delivery of the product to the consumer. This process allows eCommerce businesses to manage customer shipments and returns. Order fulfillment can be more complex when its scope is narrowed down to distribution and logistics. However, there are several steps(...) Read More
  • Functional Design refers to the planning that is the foundation of making things, unctional design can refer to a focus on function rather than aesthetics, a concern with objectives rather than components, or it can refer to the use of a complete requirements document to guide development and testing or to a computer modeling technique. In(...) Read More
  • Functional requirement defines a function of a software system or its component. A function is described as a set of inputs, the behavior, and outputs. Functional requirements may be calculations, technical details, data manipulation and processing and other specific functionality that define what a system is supposed to accomplish (Source:(...) Read More
  • The Graphics Interchange Format (better known by its acronym GIF;) is a bitmap image format that was introduced by CompuServe in 1987 and has since come into widespread usage on the World Wide Web due to its wide support and portability.The format supports up to 8 bits per pixel for each image, allowing a single image to reference its own(...) Read More
  • A glossary, also known as a vocabulary, or clavis, is an alphabetical list of terms in a particular domain of knowledge with the definitions for those terms. In a general sense, a glossary contains explanations of concepts relevant to a certain field of study or action. In this sense, the term is related to the notion of ontology. CM Tooltip(...) Read More
  • Google+ is a social networking and identity service that is owned and operated by Google Inc. Google has described Google+ as a "social layer" that enhances many of its online properties, and that it is not simply a social networking website, but also an authorship tool that associated web-content directly with its owner/author. It is the(...) Read More
  • Google Translate is a multilingual statistical machine-translation service provided by Google Inc. to translate written text from one language into another. CM Tooltip Pro+ uses Google Translate API to show translated content inside the tooltip and the term page Read More
  • Gravatar (an abbreviation for globally recognized avatar) is a service for providing globally unique avatars which was created by Tom Preston-Werner (gravatar.com. On Gravatar, users can register an account based on their email address, and upload an avatar to be associated with the accountCM Answers support showing the gravatar of the user(...) Read More
  • Gravy is a sauce often made from the juices of meats that run naturally during cooking and tightened with wheat flour or cornstarch for added texture. In the United States, the term can refer to a wider variety of sauces. The gravy may be further colored and flavored with gravy salt (a simple mix of salt and caramel food colouring) or gravy(...) Read More
  • A greenhouse gas is a gas in an atmosphere that absorbs and emits radiant energy within the thermal infrared range. This process is the fundamental cause of the greenhouse effect. The primary greenhouse gases in Earth's atmosphere are water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and ozone. Without greenhouse gases, the average(...) Read More
  • Greywater (also spelled graywater) or sullage is all wastewater generated in households or office buildings from streams without fecal contamination, i.e. all streams except for the wastewater from toilets. Sources of greywater include, e.g. sinks, showers, baths, clothes washing machines or dish washers. As greywater contains fewer pathogens(...) Read More
  • A plucked stringed instrument extremely popular today, especially among folk and rock musicians. The guitar has six strings, frets (usually 19), a shape something between pear-shaped and a figure eight, a round soundhole, and usually a flat-backed soundbox. The standard tuning of the strings (top to bottom) is E2, A2, D3, G3, B3, E4. Read More
  • The Spanish term for jawbone. Read More
  • A genre of jazz music that grew out of the jazz tradition in France in the 1930s. It is also known as gypsy swing and often by the French names of jazz manouche and manouche jazz. Guitarist Jean "Django" Reinhardt was one of the first to perform in this genre and is normally credited with starting the tradition near Paris. Gypsy jazz combines(...) Read More
  • In early music, this term meant the ratio of 3:2 (3 to 2), employed musically in two senses. First is the ratio of the perfect fifth, whose musical value is 3:2. If you were to divide the string of a monochord at the ratio of 3:2, you would produce a perfect fifth. Another way to think of it is that two strings at lengths of 3 to 2, one(...) Read More
  • A heuristic evaluation is a usability inspection method that helps to identify usability problems in the user interface (UI) design. It specifically involves expert evaluators examining the interface and judging its compliance with recognized usability principles (the "heuristics"). Heuristic Evaluationis often designed in a short space of(...) Read More
  • HyperText Markup Language (HTML) is the main markup language for creating web pages and other information that can be displayed in a web browser. HTML is written in the form of HTML elements consisting of tags enclosed in angle brackets (like ), within the web page content. (Source WikiPedia) Read More
  • HTML5 (see Spec from W3C) is the fifth revision of the HTML standard. HTML5 handle multimedia and graphical content on the web without having to resort to proprietary plugins and APIs. HTML5 application can be used to develop mobile applications as well as regular web application (Source WikiPedia) Read More
  • Ice is water frozen into a solid state. Depending on the presence of impurities such as particles of soil or bubbles of air, it can appear transparent or a more or less opaque bluish-white color. In the Solar System, ice is abundant and occurs naturally from as close to the Sun as Mercury to as far away as the Oort cloud objects. Beyond(...) Read More
  • The image TITLE attribute “offers advisory information about the element for which it is set” (w3). It is displayed in a “tool tip” when you hover your cursor over the image. When written in conjunction with the ALT attribute, the TITLE text should compliment the ALT text.The CM Ad Changer allows the campaign manager to define per each banner(...) Read More
  • An advertisement's appearance on an accessed Web page. For example, if the page you're on shows three ads, that's three impressions. Advertisers use impressions to measure the number of views their ads receive, and publishers often sell ad space according to impressions. The CM Ad Changer counts per each banner and in each campaign the number(...) Read More
  • Business incubators are programs designed to support the successful development of entrepreneurial companies through an array of business support resources and services, developed and orchestrated by incubator management and offered both in the incubator and through its network of contacts. Incubators vary in the way they deliver their(...) Read More
  • An index (plural: usually indexes, more rarely indices; see below) is a list of words or phrases ('headings') and associated pointers ('locators') to where useful material relating to that heading can be found in a document or collection of documents. Examples are an index in the back matter of a book and an index that serves as a library(...) Read More
  • Information architecture (IA) is the art and science of organizing and labelling data including: websites, intranets, online communities, software, books and other mediums of information, to support usability Read More
  • Irrigation is the artificial application of water to the land or soil. It is used to assist in the growing of agricultural crops, maintenance of landscapes, and revegetation of disturbed soils in dry areas and during periods of inadequate rainfall. Additionally, irrigation also has a few other uses in crop production, which include protecting(...) Read More
  • 1. In a harpsichord, clavichord, or virginal, the jack is the device attaching the plectrum to the key, enabling the depression of the key to cause the plectrum to pluck the string. 2. In a piano, the jack is the pivoted, vertical lever that causes the hammer to rise when a key is depressed. Read More
  • JavaScript is a scripting language developed to enable Web developers to design interactive sites. Although it shares many of the features and structures of the full Java language, it was developed independently. Javascript can interact with HTML source code, enabling Web authors to spice up their sites with dynamic content. (Source: WebOpedia) Read More
  • The jawbone has been used as an instrument for several centuries in many cultures. This instrument was originally created from the jaw of a horse, mule, or donkey. When the bone was removed from the skull, cleaned and thoroughly dried, the teeth become loose and when shook or struck, produced a loud rattling sound. This instrument continues(...) Read More
  • A style of music originating in the 20th century in New Orleans which combined elements of European-American and African music. This style of music was developed largely in urban areas, starting in New Orleans, then moving to Chicago, then to New York. It is an improvisational, expressive style of music, characterized by syncopated rhythms,(...) Read More
  • A large Jazz Band that includes a string section. This would include several violins and a larger group may include violas and cellos. Read More
  • A lively dance of the British Isles originating in the 15th century or earlier, related to the hornpipe and the reel. It may have been the precursor of the baroque gigue. Read More
  • A lively, improvisational, athletic style of dancing performed to syncopated music which originated in New York in the 1940's and 1950's. Read More
  • In computing, JPEG - named after its creator the Joint Photographic Expert Group - s a commonly used method of lossy compression for digital photography. The degree of compression can be adjusted, allowing a selectable tradeoff between storage size and image quality. JPEG typically achieves 10:1 compression with little perceptible loss in(...) Read More
  • jQuery is a cross-browser JavaScript library designed to simplify the client-side scripting of HTML. jQuery is free, open source software, licensed under the MIT License (Source: WikiPedia) Read More
  • A small, American instrument, now usually regarded as a toy into which the performer "hums" or sings. The instrument uses a thin membrane to amplify the voice, giving it a buzzing quality. The kazoo has been produced in all shapes and sizes, but is most familiar today as a short, open-ended tube of plastic or metal with a wax paper membrane(...) Read More
  • Klout is a company that provides social media analytics to measure a user's influence across his or her social network. The analysis is done on data taken from sites such as Twitter, Facebook, and Google+, and measures the size of a person's network, the content created, and purports to measure how other people interact with that content.(...) Read More
  • A knowledge base (KB) is a technology used to store complex structured and unstructured information used by a computer system. A knowledge-based system consists of a knowledge-base that represents facts about the world and an inference engine that can reason about those facts and use rules and other forms of logic to deduce new facts or(...) Read More
  • Key Performance Indicator (KPI) is industry standard for a type of performance measurement. KPIs are commonly used by an organization to evaluate its success or the success of a particular activity in which it is engaged. Read More
  • LAMP is a solution stack of free, open source software. The acronym LAMP refers to the first letters of Linux (operating system), Apache HTTP Server, MySQL (database software), and PHP, Perl or Python, principal components to build a viable general purpose web server (Source WikiPedia) Read More
  • A landing page is the page on a website that a visitor lands on after clicking on a search result, link, or advertisement banner. A visitor that arrives on a landing page will often originate from social media sites, email or search engine marketing campaigns. These marketing tools should be used effectively to draw in visitors and(...) Read More
  • "Lean Startup" is a Methodology for launching businesses and products, that relies on gathering requirements, validating, experimenting, and iterative product releases. In this startups, can design their products or services to meet the demands of their customer base without requiring large amounts of initial funding or expensive product launches. Read More
  • In most theories of linguistics, human languages are thought to consist of two parts: a lexicon, essentially a catalogue of a given language's words (its wordstock), and a grammar, a system of rules which allow for the combination of those words into meaningful sentences. The CM Tooltip can be used as a lexicon to hold all the words to be(...) Read More
  • LinkedIn is a social networking website for people in professional occupations. Founded in December 2002 and launched on May 5, 2003, it is mainly used for professional networking. In 2006, LinkedIn increased to 20 million viewers. As of June 2013, LinkedIn reports more than 259 million acquired users in more than 200 countries and(...) Read More
  • Load balancing is a computer networking method to distribute workload across multiple computers or a computer cluster, network links, central processing units, disk drives, or other resources, to achieve optimal resource utilization, maximize throughput, minimize response time, and avoid overload. Using multiple components with load(...) Read More
  • Language localization is the process of adapting a product that has been previously translated into different languages to a specific country or region (from Latin locus (place) and the English term locale, "a place where something happens or is set").Cm Answer includes the ability to localize the plugin to support different languages. Some(...) Read More
  • Internationalization and localizations are means of adapting computer software to different languages, regional differences and technical requirements of a target market. Localization is the process of adapting internationalized software for a specific region or language by adding locale-specific components and translating text. (Source: WikiPedia) Read More
  • Magento is an open source eCommerce platform based on PHP. Magento allows businesses to develop online stores. Ebay, the managing company of Magento, recruits programmers from the open source community to create its flexible platform. Magento is built on the Zend Framework (an open source application framework that uses PHP).Magento was(...) Read More
  • A Magento® Extension is a software that has been designed to enhance the appearance, functionality and capabilities of the basic Magento® platform . Some Magento® Extensions perform a single task, while others offer multiple and complex options that often enhance the capabilities of the Magento® platform. Ecommerce businesses can download(...) Read More
  • Magento templates provide the front-end structure for all Magento eCommerce websites. A Magento template is differentiated into elements that are based on the graphic design, structural and content blocks. The structural block includes the header, main body, side and footer sections. The content block specifies the features and the(...) Read More
  • An online or ecommerce marketplace is a website that provides products and inventory from third party businesses and individuals. Transactions are displayed and processed by the marketplace, while the retailers and wholesalers provide the products or services. Online marketplaces can be cost-effective for wholesalers and retailers because(...) Read More
  • A merchant is a business professional that buys and sells products or services for profit. There are two types of merchants: Wholesale merchant or wholesaler – Transactions are conducted between the manufacturer/wholesaler and retailers.Wholesalers typically sell large quantities at a reduced price to online or offline merchants. Retail(...) Read More
  • Merriam-Webster, Inc., which was originally the G & C Merriam Company of Springfield, Massachusetts, is an American company that publishes reference books, especially dictionaries that are descendants of Noah Webster's An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Merriam-Webster has an online (at http://www.m-w.com/) service which(...) Read More
  • Minimum Viable Product or MVP is a strategy used for fast and quantitative market testing of a product or product feature, popularized by Eric Ries for web applications. A Minimum Viable Product has just those features that allow the product to be deployed, and no more. (Source WikiPedia) Read More
  • Minimum Viable Product or MVP is a strategy used for fast and quantitative market testing of a product or product feature, popularized by Eric Ries for web applications. A Minimum Viable Product has just those features that allow the product to be deployed, and no more. (Source WikiPedia) Read More
  • Mineral water is water from a mineral spring that contains various minerals, such as salts and sulfur compounds. Mineral water may be effervescent (i.e., "sparkling") due to contained gases. Traditionally, mineral waters were used or consumed at their spring sources, often referred to as "taking the waters" or "taking the cure," at places(...) Read More
  • Mobile commerce is the delivery of commercial products to consumers on a mobile device using wireless technology. Many consumers use mobile devices as a primary method to purchase the products they need. Therefore, eCommerce businesses are increasingly integrating mobile solutions into their online stores to meet the needs of their visitors(...) Read More
  • The mobile web refers to access to the world wide web, i.e. the use of browser-based Internet services, from a handheld mobile device, such as a smartphone or a feature phone, connected to a mobile network or other wireless network.Cm Tooltip Pro detects the device from which the user is browsing and adjust the tooltip behavior to comply with(...) Read More
  • A mockup is a prototype if it provides at least part of the functionality of a system and enables testing of a design. Mock-ups are used by interaction designers mainly to acquire feedback from user (Source: WikiPedia) Read More
  • The moderators (short singular form: "mod") are users of the forum who are granted access to the posts and threads of all members for the purpose of moderating discussion and also keeping the forum clean. Common privileges of moderators include: deleting, moving and sticking of threads.CM Answers support several methods of moderations.(...) Read More
  • Monetization is a buzzword for adapting non-revenue-generating assets to generate revenue. Failure to monetize web sites is a problem that causes many startups to fold. Web sites that do generate revenue are often monetized via advertisements or subscription fees. (Source: WikiPedia)To monetize is to convert an asset into or establish(...) Read More
  • MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III, more commonly referred to as MP3, is an encoding format for digital audio which uses a form of lossy data compression. It is a common audio format for consumer audio streaming or storage, as well as a de facto standard of digital audio compression for the transfer and playback of music on most digital audio(...) Read More
  • MPEG-4 Part 14 or MP4 is a digital multimedia format most commonly used to store video and audio, but can also be used to store other data such as subtitles and still images. Like most modern container formats, it allows streaming over the Internet. The only official filename extension for MPEG-4 Part 14 files is .mp4, but many have other(...) Read More
  • The use of two or more authentication methods to the login process, which brings an additional layer of security.Other than a username and password, with multi-factor authentication logging in to a service will also require a piece of information that is provided exclusively to the user, such as a single-use code that’s sent directly to an(...) Read More
  • A multisite network is a collection of sites that all share the same WordPress installation. They can also share plugins and themes. The individual sites in the network are virtual sites in the sense that they do not have their own directories on your server, although they do have separate directories for media uploads within the shared(...) Read More
  • MySQL is the world's most used open source relational database management system that runs as a server providing multi-user access to a number of databases. MySQL is a popular choice of database for use in web applications, and is a central component of the widely used LAMP open source web application software stack (Source WikiPedua) Read More
  • Natural Language Processing (NLP) is a field of artificial intelligence that focuses on enabling computers to understand, interpret, generate, and interact using human language. It combines linguistics, computer science, and machine learning to process text and speech data in applications like chatbots, language translation, sentiment(...) Read More
  • A newsletter is a publication with a single topic that subscribers are interested in. Newsletters come in hard copy, web and email formats. The email version (also known as e-Newsletter) is typically emailed to customers and visitors to eCommerce businesses. Newsletters are primarily used by online businesses to inform, market and educate(...) Read More
  • A modern notification system is a software that provides a means of delivering a message to a set of or only one recipient. For example, notification systems can send an e-mail when a new topic or question has been added.CM Answer uses an internal notification system to send a message to the CM Answer discussion forum each time a new(...) Read More
  • OAuth is an open standard for access delegation, commonly used as a way for Internet users to grant websites or applications access to their information on other websites but without giving them the passwords. This mechanism is used by companies such as Google, Facebook, Microsoft and Twitter to permit the users to share information about(...) Read More
  • A flute-like instrument in a globe or potato shape made from clay or other hard material with a whistle mouthpiece. Many attribute the invention of this instrument to Guiseppe Donati in the 19th century however there is considerable evidence that the Ocarina may be more than 12,000 years old and originated in many cultures. Examples have been(...) Read More
  • An interval spanning seven diatonic degrees, eleven semitones. An octave above C would be C. The frequency of a note one octave above another will have exactly twice as many Hertz as the frequency of the note an octave below it. In the example below, Middle C (the lower note) is 261.63 hertz and the C shown an octave higher is 523.25 hertz. Read More
  • Open source software (OSS) is computer software with its source code made available and licensed with an open source license in which the copyright holder provides the rights to study, change and distribute the software for free to anyone and for any purpose. (Source: WikiPedia) Read More
  • Open source software (OSS) is a computer software with its source code made available and licensed with an open source license in which the copyright holder provides the rights to study, change and distribute the software for free to anyone and for any purpose. (Source: Wikipedia) Read More
  • OpenAI is an artificial intelligence research and deployment company focused on developing advanced AI technologies that benefit humanity. Known for creating language models like GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer), OpenAI aims to ensure that artificial general intelligence (AGI) is safe, transparent, and aligned with human values. Read More
  • The area of a theater where musicians perform during opera, balllet, and musical theater productions. This is typically an area that is directly in front of the stage, between the stage and the audience. It is often on the same level as the audience, however, it is ideal to be lower than the audience with a wall to provide a sound barrier to(...) Read More
  • Parsing or syntactic analysis is the process of analysing a string of symbols, either in natural language or in computer languages, according to the rules of a formal grammar. The term parsing comes from Latin pars (orationis), meaning part (of speech).The term has slightly different meanings in different branches of linguistics and computer(...) Read More
  • Pay per click (PPC) (also called cost per click) is an internet advertising model used to direct traffic to websites, in which advertisers pay the publisher (typically a website owner) when the ad is clicked. It is defined simply as “the amount spent to get an advertisement clicked. Read More
  • Payment Gateway provides the service for charging a fee to the merchant for handling the transaction. The service is similar to the point of sale terminal that is used in retail stores. Payment gateways protect the credit card details of consumers by encrypting the information during the transmission of information from the retailer to the(...) Read More
  • A permalink (portmanteau of permanent link) is a URL that points to a specific blog or forum entry after it has passed from the front page to the archives. Because a permalink remains unchanged indefinitely, it is less susceptible to link rot. Most modern weblogging and content-syndication software systems support such links. Other types of(...) Read More
  • Most current file systems have methods of assigning permissions or access rights to specific users and groups of users. These systems control the ability of the users to view or make changes to the contents of the filesystem. CM Downloads Manager has a built is permissions system that support both WordPress roles and also defined user(...) Read More
  • Defining Personas is an introduction to the usage of "Personas" in User Experience.
    Helps identifying the user groups of the website we're developing...by selecting characteristics of those groups. Read More
  • PHP is an open-source server-side scripting language designed for Web development to produce dynamic Web pages. The code is interpreted by a Web server with a PHP processor module which generates the resulting Web page. PHP can be deployed on most Web servers and also as a standalone shell on almost every operating system and platform, free(...) Read More
  • Pivot (in business) - changing the entire direction of a business driven by changes in the market and based on its current position, without detaching from it. Read More
  • Plugin (also called an extension or add-on) is a software component with a specific feature that can be added to a software or web application. Plugins allow the user to customize the application further to enhance the appearance, functionality and dynamics of their website. They are commonly used to add new features to search engines,(...) Read More
  • Plumbing is the system of pipes, drains, fittings, valves, and fixtures installed for the distribution of potable water for drinking, heating and washing, and waterborne waste removal. "Plumbing" also refers to the skilled trade which deals with installation and maintenance. The plumbing industry is a basic and substantial part of every(...) Read More
  • The plural, in many languages, is one of the values of the grammatical category of number. Plural forms of nouns typically denote a quantity other than the default quantity represented by a noun, which is generally one (the form that represents this default quantity is said to be of singular number). Most commonly, therefore, plurals are used(...) Read More
  • Portable Network Graphics (PNG), or PNG's Not GIF, is a raster graphics file format that supports lossless data compression. PNG was created as an improved, non-patented replacement for Graphics Interchange Format (GIF), and is the most used lossless image compression format on the InternetThe CM Ad Changer supports PNG banners Read More
  • A class of ownership in a corporation that has a higher claim on the assets and earnings than common stock. Preferred stock generally has a dividend that must be paid out before dividends to common stockholders and the shares usually do not have voting rights.The precise details as to the structure of preferred stock is specific to each(...) Read More
  • Purchase Order or PO is a business document that states the official offer from the seller to the buyer. It specifies the quantity, pricing and an overview of the product or service being purchased. When the buyer and seller agree and accept the proposed agreement stated in the purchase order, a contract is established between the parties.(...) Read More
  • Python is a widely used general-purpose, high-level programming language. Its design philosophy emphasizes code readability, and its syntax allows programmers to express concepts in fewer lines of code than would be possible in languages such as C. Python Language language provides constructs intended to enable clear programs on both a small(...) Read More
  • Python is an interpreted high-level programming language for general-purpose programming. Created by Guido van Rossum and first released in 1991, Python has a design philosophy that emphasizes code readability, and a syntax that allows programmers to express concepts in fewer lines of code,[25][26]notably using significant whitespace. It(...) Read More
  • Une quotité exemptée est une partie du revenu non soumise à l'impôt Read More
  • An American style of music characterized by "ragged" or syncopated rhythms. It was popular between the 1890's and the 1910's. Scott Joplin was a major exponent of ragtime. By the 1920's ragtime had given way to jazz. Read More
  • Rain is liquid water in the form of droplets that have condensed from atmospheric water vapor and then becomes heavy enough to fall under gravity. Rain is a major component of the water cycle and is responsible for depositing most of the fresh water on the Earth. It provides suitable conditions for many types of ecosystems, as well as water(...) Read More
  • An American style of rhythmic chanting consisting of improvised rhymes performed to rhythmic accompaniment. Read More
  • Step 1 Heat three tablespoons ghee in a thick-bottomed pan, add carrots and sauté for three to four minutes. Step 2 Add milk and cook on medium heat for six to seven minutes or until the milk evaporates and carrot is cooked. Step 3 Meanwhile heat remaining ghee in a separate pan and shallow fry cashewnuts and raisins till cashewnuts turn(...) Read More
  • A recurring transaction allows you to save a transaction along with the data so you do not have to repeat the process. The consumer authorizes the merchant to charge his or her credit or debit card a specified amount on a specific date of every month or year. It sets the transaction to repeat automatically. You can set a transaction to recur(...) Read More
  • HTTP referer (originally a misspelling of referrer) is an HTTP header field that identifies the address of the webpage (i.e. the URI or IRI) that linked to the resource being requested. By checking the referer, the new webpage can see where the request originated. The CM Ad Server collects this information per each banner view or click Read More
  • Nearly all Internet forums require registration to post. Registered users of the site are referred to as members (WordPress Users) and are allowed to submit or send electronic messages through the web application. CM Answers uses WordPress method to register users and per each user posting a question or an answer a WordPress user is created.(...) Read More
  • The requirements specification is a document that clearly and precisely defines the customer’s logical requirements (or needs) in such a way that it is possible to test the finished system to verify that those needs have actually been met. The point is to ensure that the customer’s needs are correctly defined before time, money, and resources(...) Read More
  • Responsive Web design (RWD) is a Web design approach aimed at crafting sites to provide an optimal viewing experience—easy reading and navigation with a minimum of resizing, panning, and scrolling—across a wide range of devices (from mobile phones to desktop computer monitors). A site designed with RWD adapts the layout to the viewing(...) Read More
  • Responsive web design (often abbreviated to RWD) is a web design approach aimed at crafting sites to provide an optimal viewing experience—easy reading and navigation with a minimum of resizing, panning, and scrolling—across a wide range of devices (from desktop computer monitors to mobile phones) (Source WikiPedia) Read More
  • Retention is The condition of retaining (keeping) something. Retention rate is used to count customers and track customer activity irrespective of the number of transactions (or dollar value of those transactions) made by each customer. (Source: WikiPedia) Read More
  • In marketing, Retention rate is used to count customers and track customer activity irrespective of the number of transactions (or dollar value of those transactions) made by each customer. (Source: WikiPedia) Read More
  • Return on investment (ROI) is a performance measure used to evaluate the efficiency of an investment or to compare the efficiency of a number of different investments. It is one way of considering profits in relation to capital invested. (Source: WikiPedia) Read More
  • Return on investment (ROI) is a performance measure used to evaluate the efficiency of an investment or to compare the efficiency of a number of different investments. It is one way of considering profits in relation to capital invested. (Source: WikiPedia) Read More
  • A request for proposal (RFP) is a solicitation made, often through a bidding process, by an agency or company interested in procurement of a commodity, service or valuable asset, to potential suppliers to submit business proposals. The RFP presents preliminary requirements for the commodity or service, and may dictate to varying degrees the(...) Read More
  • Return on investment (ROI) is a performance measure used to evaluate the efficiency of an investment or to compare the efficiency of a number of different investments. It is one way of considering profits in relation to capital invested. (Source: WikiPedia) Read More
  • WordPress uses a concept of Roles, designed to give the site owner the ability to control what users can and cannot do within the site. A site owner can manage the user access to such tasks as writing and editing posts, creating Pages, defining links, creating categories, moderating comments, managing plugins, managing themes, and managing(...) Read More
  • A rotation is a circular movement of an object around a center (or point) of rotation.The CM Ad Changer supports banner rotation on client side without the need for the user to reload the page Read More
  • RSS and ATOM feeds allow a minimalistic means of subscribing to the forum. Common implementations allow RSS feeds to list only the last few threads updated for the forum index and the last posts in a thread.Cm Answers supports WordPress method of viewing RSS feeds of all questions posted in the CM Answers forum Read More
  • Ruby on Rails, often shortened to Rails or RoR, is an open source web application framework for the Ruby programming language. Rails  gives the web developer the ability to create pages and applications that gather information from the web server, talk to or query the database, and render templates out of the box. As a result, Rails features(...) Read More
  • Software as a service (SaaS), sometimes referred to as "on-demand software", is a software delivery model in which software and associated data are centrally hosted on the cloud. SaaS is typically accessed by users using a thin client via a web browser. (Source: WikiPedia) Read More
  • A sales receipt is a document with an itemized list of products purchased. The receipt includes the date and time, items, quantity, price and totals. Additional information may also include the merchant name, address and phone number at the top of the receipt. The merchant’s return policy may also be written on the front or back of the(...) Read More
  • A term for contemporary Latin American dance music principally of Afro-Cuban tradition. Read More
  • A sandbox is a testing environment that isolates untested code changes and outright experimentation from the production environment or repository. Sandboxes replicate at least the minimal functionality needed to accurately test the programs or other code under development (Source: WikiPedia) Read More
  • A family of wind instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in 1840. The saxophone has a single reed similar to a clarinet, but is made of brass; the bore is tapered; the fingering system is based on that of the oboe. The saxophone has become a popular band instrument, and occasionally is used in the orchestra. Where the saxophone has earned the(...) Read More
  • Scenario is a narrative, which most commonly describes foreseeable interactions of user roles. A scenario has a goal, which is usually functional. Scenarios are frequently used as part of the system development process. Scenarios are written in plain language, with minimal technical details, so that stakeholders (designers, usability(...) Read More
  • The screen resolution is the number of distinct pixels in each dimension that can be displayed. It is usually quoted as width × height, with the units in pixels: for example, "1024 × 768" means the width is 1024 pixels and the height is 768 pixels (Source: WikiPedia) Read More
  • Scrum is an iterative and incremental agile software development framework for managing software projects and product or application development. Scrum focuses on project management institutions where it is difficult to plan ahead. Mechanisms of empirical process control, where feedback loops that constitute the core management technique are(...) Read More
  • Search engine optimization (SEO) is the process of affecting the visibility of a website or a web page in a search engine's "natural" or un-paid ("organic") search results. In general, the higher ranked on the search results page, and more frequently a site appears in the search results list, the more visitors it will receive from the search(...) Read More
  • Search engine optimization (SEO) is the process of affecting the visibility of a website or a web page in a search engine's "natural" or un-paid ("organic") search results. In general, the higher ranked on the search results page, and more frequently a site appears in the search results list, the more visitors it will receive from the search(...) Read More
  • Seawater, or salt water, is water from a sea or ocean. On average, seawater in the world's oceans has a salinity of about 3.5% (35 g/L, or 599 mM), which is a specific gravity of about 1.025. This means that every kilogram (roughly one litre by volume) of seawater has approximately 35 grams (1.2 oz) of dissolved salts (predominantly sodium(...) Read More
  • Secondary notation is the set of visual cues used to improve the readability of a formal notation. Secondary notation is often not a part of the formal notation itself. Rather, it is a method of organizing the formal notation to allow it to be more easily understood. Thus, secondary notation does not change the actual meaning of the formal(...) Read More
  • Seed Investor sometimes also referred as Angel Investor is an investor who invest Seed money, sometimes known as seed funding, is a form of securities offering in which an investor purchases part of a business. The term seed suggests that this is an early investment, meant to support the business until it can generate cash of its own, or(...) Read More
  • Search engine marketing (SEM) is a form of internet marketing that involves the promotion of websites by increasing their visibility in search engine results pages through optimization and advertising. SEM may use search engine optimization (SEO), that adjusts or rewrites website content to achieve a higher ranking in search engine results(...) Read More
  • Search engine optimization (SEO) is the process of affecting the visibility of a website or a web page in a search engine's "natural" or un-paid ("organic") search results. In general, the higher ranked on the search results page, and more frequently a site appears in the search results list, the more visitors it will receive from the search(...) Read More
  • Sewage is a water-carried waste, in solution or suspension, that is intended to be removed from a community. Also known as domestic or municipal wastewater, it is more than 99% water and is characterized by volume or rate of flow, physical condition, chemical and toxic constituents, and its bacteriologic status (which organisms it contains(...) Read More
  • A shopping cart on an eCommerce website is part of an eCommerce software hosted on a web server. It allows customers to store a list of items that they may want to purchase. Customers can add multiple items using an “Add to Cart” button or similar link to add items in the shopping cart. The price of the items is added with a shipping and(...) Read More
  • Shortcodes are just that, short bits of code that cut down on repetitive strings of HTML, and can be inserted anywhere in your site.For instance, you could create a shortcode to insert a call to action button, or to display a Google AdSense ad, or to create 3 columns of content without any HTML markup.What do shortcodes look like?A shortcode(...) Read More
  • SKU or stock keeping unit is a unique code that identifies a product or service. A SKU maybe used to identify items such as, manufacturer, product, material, size and packaging. When a business conducts inventory, it will count the quantity of each SKU and assign them to identify the product or service. A SKU is not limited to physical(...) Read More
  • A software framework is a universal, reusable software platform used to develop applications, products and solutions. Software frameworks include support programs, compilers, code libraries, an application programming interface (API) and tool sets that bring together all the different components to enable development of a project or solution.(...) Read More
  • A Software Mockup is a prototype that provides at least part of the functionality of a system and enables testing of a design. Mock-ups are used by interaction designers mainly to acquire feedback from users, or for purposes such as teaching, demonstration, design evaluation, and promotion. (Source: WikiPedia) Read More
  • software optimization is the process of modifying a software system to make some aspect of it work more efficiently or use fewer resources. In general, a computer program may be optimized so that it executes more rapidly, or is capable of operating with less memory storage or other resources, or draw less power.(Source: WikiPedia) Read More
  • A sprint is the basic unit of development in Scrum. The sprint is a "timeboxed" effort, i.e. it is restricted to a specific duration. The duration is fixed in advance for each sprint and is normally between one week and one month.Each sprint is preceded by a planning meeting, where the tasks for the sprint are identified and an estimated(...) Read More
  • DNA usually refers to the fundamental and distinctive characteristics of someone or something. A Startup DNA therefore defines the basic characteristics of the company that may include such things as their business behavior, methodologies, culture and more. Read More
  • You will find a ‘Sticky Topic’, generally called a ‘Sticky’, at the top of a message-board, usually containing pertinent information or Q&As to previously over-asked questions, for sake of keeping the board running relatively smoothly. On some-sites' boards, it is required that as a new user you read the Sticky rules by clicking into the(...) Read More
  • Supply chain management or SCM manages how goods are transported and stored. Goods include raw materials, inventory in process, and completed products from the initial point of consumption. Retailers, manufacturers, wholesalers and other commercial channels are interconnected to supply the requested goods to the consumer. The process involves(...) Read More
  • Surface water is water on the surface of the planet such as in a stream, river, lake, wetland, or ocean. It can be contrasted with groundwater and atmospheric water. Non-saline surface water is replenished by precipitation and by recruitment from ground-water. It is lost through evaporation, seepage into the ground where it becomes(...) Read More
  • Synonyms are words with the same or similar meanings. Words that are synonyms are said to be synonymous, and the state of being a synonym is called synonymy. An example of synonyms are the words begin and commence. Likewise, if we talk about a long time or an extended time, long and extended become synonyms. CM Tooltip Pro+ includes the(...) Read More
  • In linguistics, syntax (/ˈsɪntæks/[1][2]) is the set of rules, principles, and processes that govern the structure of sentences in a given language, specifically word order and punctuation. The term syntax is also used to refer to the study of such principles and processes.[3] The goal of many syntacticians is to discover the syntactic(...) Read More
  • A directive to perform the indicated passage of a composition in a slow or tardy manner. Read More
  • In marketing and advertising, a target audience, is a specific group of people within the target market at which a product or the marketing message of a product is aimed at. Read More
  • Taxonomy is the science of classification according to a pre-determined system, with the resulting catalog used to provide a conceptual framework for discussion, analysis, or information retrieval. In theory, the development of a good taxonomy takes into account the importance of separating elements of a group (taxon) into subgroups (taxa)(...) Read More
  • Templates are the files which control how your WordPress site will be displayed on the Web. These files draw information from your WordPress MySQL database and generate the HTML code which is sent to the web browser. Through its powerful Theme system, WordPress allows you to define as few or as many Templates as you like all under one Theme.(...) Read More
  • Terminology is the study of terms and their use. Terms are words and compound words that in specific contexts are given specific meanings, meanings that may deviate from the meaning the same words have in other contexts and in everyday language. The discipline Terminology studies among other things how such terms of art come to be and their(...) Read More
  • A Term Sheet is a non-binding agreement setting forth the basic terms and conditions under which an investment will be made. A term sheet serves as a template to develop more detailed legal documents. Once the parties involved reach an agreement on the details laid out in the term sheet, a binding agreement or contract that conforms to the(...) Read More
  • A type of online ad that contains words rather than an images. When viewed on a search results page such as Google, a Google AdWords text ad consists of a headline, two lines of text, and a display URL. A text ad can be found in both search results and contextual or content pages. Read More
  • In general usage, a thesaurus is a reference work that lists words grouped together according to similarity of meaning (containing synonyms and sometimes antonyms), in contrast to a dictionary, which provides definitions for words, and generally lists them in alphabetical order. The main purpose of such reference works is to help the user “to(...) Read More
  • A thread (sometimes called a topic) is a collection of posts, usually displayed from oldest to latest, although this is typically configurable: Options for newest to oldest and for a threaded view (a tree-like view applying logical reply structure before chronological order) can be available. A thread is defined by a title, an additional(...) Read More
  • A token is a unit of data used for identification, authentication, or processing, with its meaning varying depending on the context. In natural language processing, a token refers to a word or symbol extracted from text. In programming, it represents a meaningful element, such as a keyword or operator. In security, a token serves as a digital(...) Read More
  • The tooltip or infotip or a hint is a common graphical user interface element. It is used in conjunction with a cursor, usually a pointer. The user hovers the pointer over an item, without clicking it, and a tooltip may appear—a small "hover box" with information about the item being hovered over. Tooltips do not appear on mobile operating(...) Read More
  • Traction is a measure of how well a startup is delivering its business model and how well its target demographic is accepting that business model. in order to demonstrate traction you have to apply the general definition to your startup using a key metric that signifies how well your startup is performing (KPI). Many startups use(...) Read More
  • UEX is an acronym for User Experience Read More
  • A uniform resource locator, abbreviated URL, is a specific character string that constitutes a reference to a resource. In most web browsers, the URL of a web page is displayed on top inside an address bar. The CM Ad Changer allow the campaign manager to define the target URL per each banner in a campaign and also to define the default target(...) Read More
  • A product’s usability is the ease of use and learnability of a your product’s interface. We often refer to usability as the general concept behind a product’s ease of use. As part of any product’s development and testing process, there are several Usability Tests that can help you find problems in the product interface and also suggest(...) Read More
  • A Usability lab is a place where Usability testing is done. It is an environment where users are studied interacting with a system for the sake of evaluating the system's usability.Depending on the kind of system that is evaluated, the user sits in front of a personal computer or stands in front of the systems interface, alongside a(...) Read More
  • Usability is the ease of use and learnability of a human-made object. There are several official Usability standards like

    • ISO/TR 16982:2002 ("Ergonomics of human-system interaction—Usability methods supporting human-centered design")

    • ISO 9241 is a multi-part standard that covers a number of aspects of people working with computers

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  • Usability testing is a technique used in user-centered interaction design to evaluate a product by testing it on users. Usability testing focuses on measuring a human-made product's capacity to meet its intended purpose. Usability testing measures the usability, or ease of use, of a specific object or set of objects, whereas general(...) Read More
  • In software and systems engineering, a use case is a list of steps, typically defining interactions between a role/persona and a system/application, to achieve a goal (Source: WikiPedia) Read More
  • User experience (UX or UE) involves a person's emotions about using a particular product, system or service. User experience highlights the experiential, affective, meaningful and valuable aspects of human-computer interaction. User experience is subjective in nature because it is about individual perception and thought with respect to the(...) Read More
  • User Experience or UX / UE involves the study of how a person feels when using a specific product or service. It covers the practical, emotional and mental components of the human experience. The concept also includes the individual’s perception about the usability and efficiency of the given product or service. The user’s experience may(...) Read More
  • User flow is the path a user follows through a website interface to accomplish a goal or complete a task. Read More
  • The path a user follows through a website interface to accomplish a goal or complete a task. Read More
  • The path that a user follows through a website interface to complete a task or accomplish a certain goal.For example, in order to add a new Tooltip item a user must follow the following path:CM tooltip->Glossary->Add new. Read More
  • A User Group is an organization of users of a specific hardware or software product. Members share experiences and ideas to improve their understanding and use of a particular product. User groups are often responsible for influencing vendors to modify or enhance their products. (Source: The Free Dictionary) Read More
  • Computer user groups is a set of users grouped under a certain group name or topic. Computer user groups may consist of members who primarily use a specific operating system or come from, a specific company or department within the organization.CM Downloads Manager support user groups to allow administrators and downloads owner to define the(...) Read More
  • Describes the process of planning and building the product in a way that focuses attention on the user’s experience and interaction. In terms of accomplishing user objectives, the goal of user interface design is to make sure that the user’s interaction with the product is as simple and efficient as possible. Read More
  • User story is one or more sentences that captures what a user does or needs to do as part of his job function. User stories are used with agile software development methodologies as the basis for defining the functions a business system must provide, and to facilitate requirements management. It captures the 'who', 'what' and 'why' of a(...) Read More
  • UTF-8 (UCS Transformation Format—8-bit) is a variable-width encoding that can represent every character in the Unicode character set. It was designed for backward compatibility with ASCII and to avoid the complications of endianness and byte order marks in UTF-16 and UTF-32. UTF-8 has become the dominant character encoding for the World Wide(...) Read More
  • Variation in language use among speakers or groups of speakers is a principal concern in sociolinguistics. Such variation may occur in pronunciation (accent), word choice (lexicon), or even preferences for particular grammatical patterns. CM Tooltip Pro supports terms variations and once defined highlight variations of terms in post and pages(...) Read More
  • Venture capital (VC) is financial capital provided to high-potential, high risk, growth startup companies. The venture capital fund makes money by owning equity in the companies it invests in, which usually have a novel technology or business model in high technology industries. The typical venture capital investment occurs after the seed(...) Read More
  • A person's Vocabulary is the set of words within a language that are familiar to that person. A vocabulary usually develops with age, and serves as a useful and fundamental tool for communication and acquiring knowledge. The CM Tooltip can create a Vocabulary of terms to be explained or defined in the domain in which the site is operating. Read More
  • In computing, a visual programming language (VPL) is any programming language that lets users create programs by manipulating program elements graphically rather than by specifying them textually.[1][2] A VPL allows programming with visual expressions, spatial arrangements of text and graphic symbols, used either as elements(...) Read More
  • A Walk-through is a thorough demonstration or explanation that details each step of a process. (Source: The free Dictionary) Read More
  • The water cycle, also known as the hydrological cycle or the H2O cycle, describes the continuous movement of water on, above and below the surface of the Earth. The mass of water on Earth remains fairly constant over time but the partitioning of the water into the major reservoirs of ice, fresh water, saline water and atmospheric water is(...) Read More
  • Water quality refers to the chemical, physical, biological, and radiological characteristics of water.[1] It is a measure of the condition of water relative to the requirements of one or more biotic species and or to any human need or purpose.[2] It is most frequently used by reference to a set of standards against which compliance can be(...) Read More
  • Water supply is the provision of water by public utilities, commercial organisations, community endeavors or by individuals, usually via a system of pumps and pipes. Irrigation is covered separately. Read More
  • A waterfall is a place where water flows over a vertical drop or a series of steep drops in the course of a stream or river. Waterfalls also occur where meltwater drops over the edge of a tabular iceberg or ice shelf. Read More
  • Web analytics is the measurement, collection, analysis and reporting of internet data for purposes of understanding and optimizing web usage.Web analytics is not just a tool for measuring web traffic but can be used as a tool for business and market research, and to assess and improve the effectiveness of a web site. (Source WikiPedia) Read More
  • WishList Member™ is a powerful, yet easy to use membership solution that can turn any WordPress blog into a full-blown membership site. Read More
  • WordPress Widgets add content and features to your Sidebars. Examples are the default widgets that come with WordPress; for post categories, tag clouds, navigation, search, etc. Plugins will often add their own widgets.Widgets were originally designed to provide a simple and easy-to-use way of giving design and structure control of the(...) Read More
  • A website wireframe, also known as a page schematic or screen blueprint, is a visual guide that represents the skeletal framework of a website. Wireframes are created for the purpose of arranging elements to best accomplish a particular purpose. The purpose is usually being informed by a business objective and a creative idea. The wireframe(...) Read More
  • WordPress is a free and open source web software you can use to create beautiful websites. It has blogging tool, a content-management system based on PHP and MySQ, a plug-in architecture and a template system. WordPress is used by more than 27.5% of the top 10 million websites as of February 2017, being the most popular website management or(...) Read More
  • WordPress Plugins allow easy modification, customization, and enhancement to a WordPress blog. Instead of changing the core programming of WordPress, you can add functionality with WordPress Plugins. WordPress Plugin: A WordPress Plugin is a program, or a set of one or more functions, written in the PHP scripting language, that adds a(...) Read More
  • WordPress users may install and switch between themes. Themes allow users to change the look and functionality of a WordPress website or installation without altering the information content or structure of the site. Themes may be installed using the WordPress "Appearance" administration tool or theme folders may be uploaded via FTP. The PHP,(...) Read More
  • Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a markup language that defines a set of rules for encoding documents in a format that is both human-readable and machine-readable. Many application programming interfaces (APIs) have been developed to aid software developers with processing XML data (Source: WikiPedia) Read More