Encyclopedia of Interactive Media

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Adaptive Menu
Adaptive menus are for experienced users and system administrators that should have the possibiltiy to make changes to the menus to cater the user needs. --more--
ARPANET
The United States developed a Organization called the Advanced Research Projects Agency to keep caught up with technology around the world. The first real task of the group was to build a network of computer systems. The network was going to be the first concept of what we would later refer to as the internet. --more--
Artificial Intelligence
Artifitial Intelligence has come a long way since the computers that used to take up full rooms with thousands of tubes. --more--


 

AutoCAD
AutoCAD (computer aided design) is software that makes it possible for designers, engineers, and architects to create three dimensional representations of designs and to network with colleagues. It has influenced interactive media since its inception in the early '80's by AutoDesk. --more--

 

Avatar
An avatar is a representation of yourself in cyberspace. For example, if your name in a chat room is Brilliance1982, then that would be your avatar.