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any collection of data, or information, that is specially organized for rapid search and retrieval by a computer

structured to facilitate the storage, retrieval, modification, and deletion of data in conjunction with various data-processing operations.

The application of the mineral arts and sciences to the improvement of old and development of new methods, techniques, processes, and products, as in ceramics, glassmaking, metallurgy, etc.

llaboration When you join a group of friends to build a huge sandcastle on the beach, your impressive structure is the result of collaboration, or working together toward a common goal. Working with another person — or a group of people — to make something together is collaboration. You can also describe the result of your work, like the elaborately decorated cake you made with your best friend, as a collaboration. During World War II, the word collaboration began being used to mean "working traitorously with an enemy," and became a very serious crime. DEFINITIONS OF: collaboration 1 n act of working jointly “they worked either in collaboration or independently” Synonyms: coaction Type of: cooperation joint operation or action n act of cooperating traitorously with an enemy that is occupying your country Synonyms: collaborationism, quislingism Type of: cooperation joint operation or action Learn Add to List... Launch WORD FAMILY collaborationcollaborationscollaborationismcollaboratecollaboratedcollaboratingcollaborationcollaborativecollaboratorthe "collaborate" family USAGE EXAMPLES I saw women head to the dressing ro

Another technique of concealing facts, or censorship, is also used if the group can affect such control. When channels of information cannot be completely closed, they can be rendered useless by filling them with disinformation, effectively lowering their signal-to-noise ratio and discrediting the opposition by association with many easily disproved false claims.

MOOCs: Internet-based teaching programs designed to handle thousands of students simultaneously

using the tactics of social-networking websites

articipants even mark one another's tests

will almost certainly be the largest storm to ever hit the East Coast, with a reach that extends some 450 miles beyond its core

“We’re looking at impact of greater than 50 to 60 million people,” said Louis Uccellini, head of environmental prediction for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). A drone strike couldn’t be better targeted to cause maximum damage than this storm

NOAA put the storm surge threat from Sandy at 5.7 on that 6 point scale—greater than any hurricane observed between 1969 and 2005, including Category 5 storms like Katrina and Andrew. NOAA’s National Hurricane Center says that “life-threatening storm surge flooding” is expected along the mid-Atlantic coast.

evails in the domains of cyberspace, and is defined as a set of data that uniquely describes a person or a thing (sometimes referred to as subject or entity) and contains information about the subject's relationships to other entities

is a psychological identity that pr

to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (a created production) without crediting the source vi: to commit literary theft: present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source

unacceptable to copy something out of a book, newspaper, journal or any other printed source.

For example, in February, Toyota announced it began testing a wireless recharging station for its hybrid cars in which the vehicle would power up by parking over a charging pad on the ground.

Application of the methods of engineering and science to exploitation of natural resources.

schools are rising to the challenge of bringing technology into the classroom and trying to figure out what to do with it once it's there. In

his brave new high-tech world, art teachers can take students on a digital trip to the Louvre in Paris for a look at the Mona Lis

musicians can compose symphonies on a computer keyboard

Academic integrity violations fall into five broad areas: Cheating on an academic evaluation or assignment Plagiarizing Academic deceit, such as fabricating data or information Aiding others in committing integrity violations and inappropriately collaborating Falsifying academic records

Research misconduct is defined as:  “Fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, and other practices that seriously deviate from those that are commonly accepted within the academic community for proposing, conducting, or reporting research.