function GlossaryTerm(term, definition)
{
this.Term = term;
this.Definition = definition;
}
var myWords = new Array();
myWords[0] = new GlossaryTerm(".wav","A digitised audio format (Waveform Audio) for storing audio data in waveform. The file format was developed jointly by Microsoft and IBM as the standard audio format for the PC.");
myWords[1] = new GlossaryTerm("Access","The right to obtain, make use of or take advantage of something (as services or membership).");
myWords[2] = new GlossaryTerm("Access number","The telephone number dialled by the modem that lets a computer communicate with an online service or ISP.");
myWords[3] = new GlossaryTerm("Acid","An acid is usually a chemical substance that can be dissolved in water and tastes sour. Examples of acids include hydrochloric acid and vinegar. An acidic substance is one which behaves like an acid.");
myWords[4] = new GlossaryTerm("Acid rain","Highly acidic rain caused by pollution in the atmosphere.");
myWords[5] = new GlossaryTerm("Acidic","An acid is usually a chemical substance that can be dissolved in water and tastes sour. Examples of acids include hydrochloric acid and vinegar. An acidic substance is one which behaves like an acid.");
myWords[6] = new GlossaryTerm("Acids","An acid is usually a chemical substance that can be dissolved in water and tastes sour. Examples of acids include hydrochloric acid and vinegar. An acidic substance is one which behaves like an acid.");
myWords[7] = new GlossaryTerm("Acronym","A word formed by combining the first letters or parts of a series of words. Example: ASAP is an acronym of As Soon As Possible. Radar is an acronym of RAdio Detecting And Ranging.");
myWords[8] = new GlossaryTerm("Acronyms","A word formed by combining the first letters or parts of a series of words. Example: ASAP is an acronym of As Soon As Possible. Radar is an acronym of RAdio Detecting And Ranging.");
myWords[9] = new GlossaryTerm("Additive","A special ingredient added to a mixture to improve how it works.");
myWords[10] = new GlossaryTerm("Additives","A special ingredient added to a mixture to improve how it works.");
myWords[11] = new GlossaryTerm("Adequate","Enough, sufficient");
myWords[12] = new GlossaryTerm("Adequately","Enough, sufficient");
myWords[13] = new GlossaryTerm("ADSL","This is a term for Digital Subscriber Line technology, used to deliver broadband internet access across copper telephone wires. There are many DSL versions such as Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL), High data rate Digital Subscriber Line (HDSL) and Rate Adaptive Digital Subscriber Line (RADSL).");
myWords[14] = new GlossaryTerm("ADSL 2","This is a term for Digital Subscriber Line technology, used to deliver broadband internet access across copper telephone wires.
There are many DSL versions such as Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL), High data rate Digital Subscriber Line (HDSL) and Rate Adaptive Digital Subscriber Line (RADSL).");
myWords[15] = new GlossaryTerm("ADSL 2+","This is a term for Digital Subscriber Line technology, used to deliver broadband internet access across copper telephone wires.
There are many DSL versions such as Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL), High data rate Digital Subscriber Line (HDSL) and Rate Adaptive Digital Subscriber Line (RADSL).");
myWords[16] = new GlossaryTerm("ADSL Modem","A device used for high-speed connection between a computer and the internet over a telephone line.");
myWords[17] = new GlossaryTerm("Advanced Mobile Phone System","It is an analogue cellular phone service used in first generation (1G) mobile phones. This system was developed by Bell Labs.");
myWords[18] = new GlossaryTerm("Advanced Research Projects Agency","A US governmental organisation responsible for creating the ancestor of today's internet. It was renamed DARPA (Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency) in 1972.");
myWords[19] = new GlossaryTerm("Advanced Research Projects Agency Networks","A prototype of the internet today; this network was created in 1969 by the US Defence Department's Advanced Projects Research Agency (ARPA) to develop a system of data communications for scientific and military operations. The ARPANET used the TCP/IP communications standard, which defines data transfer on the internet today.");
myWords[20] = new GlossaryTerm("Agent","A search tool that automatically seeks out relevant online information based on your specifications. Agents are also known as intelligent agents, personal agents, knowbots or droids.");
myWords[21] = new GlossaryTerm("Agri-ash","A by-product of ActewAGL's sewerage treatment process which is used as a soil conditioner for agricultural purposes.");
myWords[22] = new GlossaryTerm("Air intake","The air intake is the opening through which air is drawn into a gas or power turbine. Air containing oxygen is needed for burning.");
myWords[23] = new GlossaryTerm("Alias","An alias is a small file that represents another object in the file system.");
myWords[24] = new GlossaryTerm("Alloy","Mixtures of metals, or mixtures of metals and non metals.");
myWords[25] = new GlossaryTerm("Alloys","Mixtures of metals, or mixtures of metals and non metals.");
myWords[26] = new GlossaryTerm("Altair 8800","The first commercially-successful microcomputer design from 1975.");
myWords[27] = new GlossaryTerm("AltaVista","Refers both to an internet search engine company and to that company's search engine product. Most of the time, AltaVista refers to the search engine product. The Australian version can be found at http://au.altavista.com/");
myWords[28] = new GlossaryTerm("Alternate","Another choice, option");
myWords[29] = new GlossaryTerm("Alternately","Another choice, option");
myWords[30] = new GlossaryTerm("Alternative","Another choice, option");
myWords[31] = new GlossaryTerm("Alternator","A device that generates an alternating (two directional) current of electricity.");
myWords[32] = new GlossaryTerm("Alternators","A device that generates an alternating (two directional) current of electricity.");
myWords[33] = new GlossaryTerm("Alum","A chemical term given to salts formed using metals that are used in dyeing and various other industrial processes.");
myWords[34] = new GlossaryTerm("Ammonia","A smelly gas made from nitrogen and hydrogen.");
myWords[35] = new GlossaryTerm("Amplifier","An electronic device that increases the strength of an audio signal by increasing its voltage or power level.");
myWords[36] = new GlossaryTerm("Amplifiers","Electronic devices that increase the strength of an audio signal by increasing their voltage or power level.");
myWords[37] = new GlossaryTerm("AMPS","It is an analogue cellular phone service used in first generation (1G) mobile phones. This system was developed by Bell Labs.");
myWords[38] = new GlossaryTerm("Anaerobic bacteria","Bacteria that exist without oxygen being present.");
myWords[39] = new GlossaryTerm("Analogue","1. A way of storing, processing or sending information as a continuously varying signal.
2. A device operated by continuous movement, as in the hands of a clock or meters operated by spinning wheels. The opposite of Digital.");
myWords[40] = new GlossaryTerm("Anonymous","Unknown source or identity.");
myWords[41] = new GlossaryTerm("Antenna","A device used for transmitting, sending and receiving radio signals.");
myWords[42] = new GlossaryTerm("Antennas","Devices used for transmitting, sending and receiving radio signals.");
myWords[43] = new GlossaryTerm("Antireflective","A type of coating applied to glasses, telescopes and other reflective surfaces and lenses to reduce reflections and improve the performance of equipment.");
myWords[44] = new GlossaryTerm("Applet","A small program, often written in a computer language called Java, which usually runs in a web browser as part of a web page to add functionality.");
myWords[45] = new GlossaryTerm("Appliance","A device that operates by electricity. Includes things such as lights and heaters, and not just machines with moving parts.");
myWords[46] = new GlossaryTerm("Appliances","Devices that operate by electricity. Includes things such as lights and heaters, and not just machines with moving parts.");
myWords[47] = new GlossaryTerm("Aquifer","Any underground layer of stone that contains water.");
myWords[48] = new GlossaryTerm("Aquifers","Underground layers of stone that contain water.");
myWords[49] = new GlossaryTerm("Archie","Taken from the word "Archive", an archie is a software search tool that finds specific files stored on anonymous FTP sites.");
myWords[50] = new GlossaryTerm("Archive","Stored data, usually in a compressed format. Computer archives are usually large files containing lots of smaller files.");
myWords[51] = new GlossaryTerm("Arid land","Land that does not have a high rainfall and is very dry.");
myWords[52] = new GlossaryTerm("ARPA","A US governmental organisation responsible for creating the ancestor of today's internet. It was renamed DARPA (Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency) in 1972.");
myWords[53] = new GlossaryTerm("ARPANET","A prototype of the internet today; this network was created in 1969 by the US Defence Department's Advanced Projects Research Agency (ARPA) to develop a system of data communications for scientific and military operations. The ARPANET used the TCP/IP communications standard, which defines data transfer on the internet today.");
myWords[54] = new GlossaryTerm("Array","Ordered arrangement of objects, numbers or letters.");
myWords[55] = new GlossaryTerm("Arsenic","A very poisonous metallic element. Arsenic and its compounds are used in insecticides, weed killers, and various metal alloys.");
myWords[56] = new GlossaryTerm("Artesian bore","Artesian bores are bores drilled into rocks (called aquifers) which contain water. The water in the aquifer is usually under great pressure so once a bore is drilled the water can rise to the surface.");
myWords[57] = new GlossaryTerm("Articulate","Express, give voice to, pronounce, speak or utter in a certain way.");
myWords[58] = new GlossaryTerm("Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line","This is a term for Digital Subscriber Line technology, used to deliver broadband internet access across copper telephone wires. There are many DSL versions such as Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL), High data rate Digital Subscriber Line (HDSL) and Rate Adaptive Digital Subscriber Line (RADSL).");
myWords[59] = new GlossaryTerm("Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL)","A technology that allows more data to be sent over existing copper telephone lines.");
myWords[60] = new GlossaryTerm("Atmosphere","The gases surrounding a planet or other body in space held in place by gravity.");
myWords[61] = new GlossaryTerm("Atom","Atoms are the smallest part of an element. They are made up of protons, neutrons and electrons and are electrically neutral. Everything on earth is made up of atoms, including you.");
myWords[62] = new GlossaryTerm("Attachment","Additional file "attached" to or "inserted" in an email message.");
myWords[63] = new GlossaryTerm("Attract","Exert a force on something that causes it to approach or unite with other matter. Opposite of repel.");
myWords[64] = new GlossaryTerm("Attribute","A single property of an object. For example, a mobile phone can be described by its brand, its model, its colour etc.");
myWords[65] = new GlossaryTerm("Authentication","The process where a username and password is submitted to a remote computer system in order to determine whether someone or something is truly who or what it claims to be.");
myWords[66] = new GlossaryTerm("Authority","A governments or group with power to make rules and implement them.");
myWords[67] = new GlossaryTerm("Automatic roaming","Roaming in mobile phone technology is a term used to describe a mobile phone's ability to make and receive calls using another service provider. For instance, if you are a TransMOBILE customer and you walked outside of an area that TransACT supports, roaming allows you to switch to another mobile phone network that supports the area you're in.");
myWords[68] = new GlossaryTerm("Back channel","A means of communication from users to content providers. Today, a simple type of back channel is an internet connection using a modem.");
myWords[69] = new GlossaryTerm("Backbone","The portion of a communications network that connects smaller networks to each other. Even though it seems to be the central point of the network, about 80 per cent of the communications traffic remains within the smaller local area networks.");
myWords[70] = new GlossaryTerm("Bacteria","One of the simplest groups of living organisms that contribute to the decay of or disease in other living things.");
myWords[71] = new GlossaryTerm("Bagasse","Plant matter left after sugar syrup is crushed from sugar cane.");
myWords[72] = new GlossaryTerm("Bandwidth","Refers to the amount of information or data that can be sent over a communications channel in a given period of time. Bandwidth is usually stated in bits per second (bps), kilobits per second (kbps), or megabits per second (mps). The higher a channel's bandwidth, the more information it can carry. Broadband services can carry huge amounts of data. Low bandwidth or 'narrowband' services, like dial-up, carry much less.");
myWords[73] = new GlossaryTerm("Banner Ad","An image file that displays an online advertisement and usually links to another product or service webpage.");
myWords[74] = new GlossaryTerm("Basalt","An igneous rock formed from the cooling of lava on the Earth’s surface. It is usually dark coloured and, because it cools quickly, it is made up of very small crystals.");
myWords[75] = new GlossaryTerm("Base station","A ground-based station that is used to transmit and receive calls to and from mobile telephones in a particular cell.");
myWords[76] = new GlossaryTerm("Battery","A device that converts chemical energy to electrical energy or that stores electrical energy.");
myWords[77] = new GlossaryTerm("Baud","A measure of transmission rates over a modem. It is a measure of how many bits can be sent or received by a modem per second.");
myWords[78] = new GlossaryTerm("Beaufort scale","A measure for the intensity of wind, based mainly on sea-state or wave conditions. Its full name is the Beaufort wind force scale. It should be noted that the wave heights given pertain to the conditions found at open sea.");
myWords[79] = new GlossaryTerm("Binary","Refers to the ‘language’ computers speak. Binary code (or machine language) consists only of zeroes and ones, called bits. Letters and other information have a specific binary representation, made up of up to 8 bits (one byte).");
myWords[80] = new GlossaryTerm("Bioconversion","Changing organic matter into other states of matter, such as gas or fuel, useful for other purposes.");
myWords[81] = new GlossaryTerm("Biogas","Methane and carbon dioxide gases produced from the decay of organic materials such as in refuse tips.");
myWords[82] = new GlossaryTerm("Biomass","Organic matter from living plants or animals.");
myWords[83] = new GlossaryTerm("Biomass energy","Energy from organic materials made from plants and animals. It contains stored energy from the sun.");
myWords[84] = new GlossaryTerm("Bit","The computer term "bit" is a combination of the words Binary and Digit. It is the most basic information unit used in computing and information technology. It means either a 1 or a 0, signifying yes or no, on or off etc. Eight bits make a byte.");
myWords[85] = new GlossaryTerm("Bits per second (bps)","Bits per second is a measurement of the rate at which data is transferred. For instance, a 56k modem moves 56,000 bps.");
myWords[86] = new GlossaryTerm("Black coal","A hard coal with between 80 to 100 per cent carbon. It has a higher calorific value than brown coal.");
myWords[87] = new GlossaryTerm("Boiler","A boiler that is used to heat water to produce steam, which then turn turbines which do work such as generating electricity.");
myWords[88] = new GlossaryTerm("Boiler water feed pump","A pump that keeps replacing the water that is lost when steam is generated in the boiler.");
myWords[89] = new GlossaryTerm("Boron","A soft, brown, non-metallic mineral that is important for healthy bones and mental alertness.");
myWords[90] = new GlossaryTerm("Bot","Derived from "robot", this term refers to software agents that pretend to be human users, carrying out repetitive tasks such as responding to email.");
myWords[91] = new GlossaryTerm("Brine","Water with a lot of dissolved salt in it. Brine is sometimes used in solar electricity plants.");
myWords[92] = new GlossaryTerm("Broadband","Broadband comes from the words 'broad bandwidth'. It is a word ascribed to communication channels (usually the internet) that can support multiple signals (data, audio and video) between an end user and a content supplier.");
myWords[93] = new GlossaryTerm("Broadcast","The sending of the same data to all machines on the network.");
myWords[94] = new GlossaryTerm("Brown coal","A soft coal containing between 40 per cent – 60 per cent carbon with a relatively high water content. It has a lower calorific value than black coal.");
myWords[95] = new GlossaryTerm("Browser","A browser is the software used for viewing pages on the web. Frequently used browsers include Internet Explorer, Netscape, Firefox and Safari.");
myWords[96] = new GlossaryTerm("Buffer","The area of memory used to store data temporarily.");
myWords[97] = new GlossaryTerm("Bulletin Board Service (BBS)","It is a computer system that enables users to log into email, usenet and chat groups via a modem.");
myWords[98] = new GlossaryTerm("Butane","A hydrocarbon fuel.");
myWords[99] = new GlossaryTerm("By-product","A secondary outcome of manufacturing something such as gases, heat or waste products produced in the process.");
myWords[100] = new GlossaryTerm("Byte","A digital unit, usually containing 8 bits. It is also called an octet, although hardly anyone uses that now. It is a unit of memory or data equal to the amount used to represent one character of alphanumeric data.");
myWords[101] = new GlossaryTerm("Cable","The word cable in this context refers to a wire carrying electricity.");
myWords[102] = new GlossaryTerm("Cable modem","A data modem that uses the bandwidth of a cable system. Because cable modems provide internet access over cable, they are much faster than modems that use typical phone lines.");
myWords[103] = new GlossaryTerm("Cache","Pronounced "cash", a cache is a small block of high-speed memory for the temporary storage of data most likely to be used again. It is used in between a processor and the main memory of the computer to reduce the time it would take to access frequently used data.");
myWords[104] = new GlossaryTerm("Calorific value","The calorific value of a fuel describes how much heat per unit of weight it can produce when burnt.");
myWords[105] = new GlossaryTerm("Capacity","The ability or possibility of doing something. Water storage capacity means the most water that something like a dam can contain.");
myWords[106] = new GlossaryTerm("Capped","When something is capped, it will not exceed or go past that amount or limit.");
myWords[107] = new GlossaryTerm("Carbon","A non-metallic element that is a major part of coal, petroleum and natural gas. It is the element around which living things on earth are built.");
myWords[108] = new GlossaryTerm("Carbon dioxide","A colourless, odourless, gas that is a normal part of Earth's atmosphere. It is a product of living animals and in high concentrations is poisonous. Carbon dioxide is a product of fossil-fuel combustion as well as other processes. It is considered a greenhouse gas as it traps heat (infrared energy) radiated by the Earth into the atmosphere and thereby contributes to the potential for global warming.");
myWords[109] = new GlossaryTerm("Casing","A protective covering such as those used in nuclear power stations to contain any accidental radioactive leakages.");
myWords[110] = new GlossaryTerm("Casual","Free and easy. Natural and unstudied, seemingly without plan or method.");
myWords[111] = new GlossaryTerm("Catchment","An area or structure used to catch and store water for later use.");
myWords[112] = new GlossaryTerm("Catchment area","An area that 'catches' rainfall to supply a river, aquifer or lake.");
myWords[113] = new GlossaryTerm("Cathode ray tube","A display device that was used in most computer displays, video monitors, televisions and oscilloscopes. Known most commonly as CRT, it was used in all television sets until the late 20th century. This CRT is also the reason people often referred to the television as "The Tube".");
myWords[114] = new GlossaryTerm("Cell","1. Biology: Cells are the units that build up living things. Some living things are made up of only one cell while others are made up of many different cells. Cells usually have a specific function to carry out. Groups of the same cells make up tissues.
2. Communications: Refers to the area covered by a radio transmitter for cellular telephones.");
myWords[115] = new GlossaryTerm("Censor","To remove erroneous, vulgar, obscene, or otherwise objectionable material from a medium (such as the web) before publication.");
myWords[116] = new GlossaryTerm("Centralised controller","A centralised controller is used for regulating and scheduling traffic from various client sources.");
myWords[117] = new GlossaryTerm("Centrifuge","Any tool involving a compartment than is spun around a central point very quickly in order to separate materials into their individual parts.");
myWords[118] = new GlossaryTerm("Certificate","A digital certificate functions like an electronic identification card that verifies the owner of the message is who he or she claims to be. Examples of owners are consumers, merchants and financial institutions.");
myWords[119] = new GlossaryTerm("Channel","1. A path over which communication signals can pass.
2. In Internet Relay Chat, a channel is an online chat room that allows people who are in that same chat room to communicate with each other through text messages.");
myWords[120] = new GlossaryTerm("Charge","A characteristic of electrons or other sub atomic particles which causes them to move towards or away from other particles.");
myWords[121] = new GlossaryTerm("Charged","When an atom has either an excess or deficiency of electrons.");
myWords[122] = new GlossaryTerm("Chat group","An internet service allowing people to exchange text messages in real time.");
myWords[123] = new GlossaryTerm("Checkbox","A small square box, usually on a form, that allows an internet user to select an item by clicking inside the box. It is usually used in multiple choice selections.");
myWords[124] = new GlossaryTerm("Chemical","To do with chemistry, or the science of the way a substance is made and its processes.");
myWords[125] = new GlossaryTerm("Chemical change","Change in the molecular nature of something.");
myWords[126] = new GlossaryTerm("Chemical dosing","Involves adding chlorine to kill any remaining microorganisms, adjusting the water’s PH level to balance it, and adding fluoride to protect our teeth.");
myWords[127] = new GlossaryTerm("Chemical energy","Stored energy which is released during chemical reactions such as burning. Batteries use chemical energy to produce electricity.");
myWords[128] = new GlossaryTerm("Chemical reaction","A chemical reaction is the change that occurs when atoms rearrange themselves. These reactions sometimes absorb energy, such as heat, while others produce heat, such as in burning.");
myWords[129] = new GlossaryTerm("Chlorination","When water is chlorinated, chlorine is added to kill off bacteria. Chlorine then evaporates leaving water free of both bacteria and chlorine.");
myWords[130] = new GlossaryTerm("Chlorine","A greenish yellow gas. It is used as a strong bleach to kill harmful bacteria.");
myWords[131] = new GlossaryTerm("Chloroflourocarbon (CFC)","A chemical used in aerosol cans and refrigerators. When released into the air, such chemicals drift into the upper atmosphere where they react with ozone to produce new substances. This is how chlorofluorocarbon contribute to the depletion of the ozone layer.");
myWords[132] = new GlossaryTerm("Circuit","The usual closed path or interconnected paths which can carry electric current.");
myWords[133] = new GlossaryTerm("Circuit switching","A method of data communication where a physical circuit is created between the sender and receiver of the message before the transmission takes place.");
myWords[134] = new GlossaryTerm("Claypan","A dip in the ground of hard clay that retains water.");
myWords[135] = new GlossaryTerm("Client","In computing, the client is the program of user that is requesting information or services from another computer server on the network. An example of a client is a web browser, asking for web pages from servers all over the world-wide-web. The relationship between a client and a server is called a client-server relationship. Most applications on the internet use a client-server relationship.");
myWords[136] = new GlossaryTerm("Client software","Software that exists on the client computer but uses services from a server.");
myWords[137] = new GlossaryTerm("Clone","An exact copy, which you cannot tell apart from the original.");
myWords[138] = new GlossaryTerm("Coagulant","A substance that causes fine particles to stick together to be more easily removed by filters.");
myWords[139] = new GlossaryTerm("Coagulation","The process of changing from a liquid to something thicker.");
myWords[140] = new GlossaryTerm("Coal","A fossil fuel found in the Earth’s crust and formed from the compacted remains of plants. It is a fuel used in many power stations.");
myWords[141] = new GlossaryTerm("Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA)","Originally developed for military use during the second World War, this digital cellular system allows every station to transmit at the same frequency at the same time, but only at a limited power level.");
myWords[142] = new GlossaryTerm("Cogeneration","Energy system that consumes a fuel, usually natural gas, to produce electricity and thermal energy in the form of steam or hot air. Cogeneration systems use heat energy that otherwise would be wasted.");
myWords[143] = new GlossaryTerm("Coil","A conductor such as copper wire wound up in a spiral.");
myWords[144] = new GlossaryTerm("Coliform","A group of bacteria commonly found in the environment. Its presence in water may indicate contamination by disease-causing microorganisms.");
myWords[145] = new GlossaryTerm("Collaborate","To solve a problem or refine a process with many people, using special systems and software.");
myWords[146] = new GlossaryTerm("Colony","A group of people who settle in a country far from home but maintain ties with their homeland.");
myWords[147] = new GlossaryTerm("Combust","To burn. When something burns it joins with the gas oxygen. This is why air, containing oxygen, is necessary for a fire to keep burning. Usually heat and light are produced. The process of burning is referred to as combustion.");
myWords[148] = new GlossaryTerm("Commercial","1. Adjective used to signify a business activity, regardless of whether that activity has been undertaken by an individual or business.
2. For profit
3. A paid announcement produced for targeted audiences to sell products or ideas.");
myWords[149] = new GlossaryTerm("Community","A group of people who live close together and have a lot to do with each other is called a community.");
myWords[150] = new GlossaryTerm("Compact","Press down firmly, densely pack together.");
myWords[151] = new GlossaryTerm("Compact disc (CD)","The compact disc was developed by Philips and Sony, and was first implemented commercially for storing digital audio data. One disc can hold up to 650,000,000 bytes of data, that is equivalent to 12,000 images or 200,000 pages of text.");
myWords[152] = new GlossaryTerm("Component","Part (of something)");
myWords[153] = new GlossaryTerm("Compress","1. Squash or force into a smaller space
2. To reduce the size of a digital file for the purpose of speedier file transfer and archiving.");
myWords[154] = new GlossaryTerm("Compression","Under pressure, squashed together.");
myWords[155] = new GlossaryTerm("Compressor turbine","A turbine, acting as a large fan, forces air into the combustion chamber where fuel is burnt. By controlling the supply of air, the rate of burning can be controlled.");
myWords[156] = new GlossaryTerm("Computer","Originally, the term referred to a person who did mathematical calculations using a mechanical calculation device or an analogue computer. Today, the term 'computer' refers to the electronic machine that is able to store, process and manipulate data. It is programmable and is usually characterised by a typewriter-like keyboard connected to a monitor and a central processing unit.");
myWords[157] = new GlossaryTerm("Computer language","A system of commands used to develop software for computers. It is the language in which computers understand what to do. Examples of computer languages include DOS and HTML. Computer languages can be classified in various ways, including programming languages, specification languages, query languages, mark-up languages, transformation languages and hardware description languages.");
myWords[158] = new GlossaryTerm("Condense","The act of reducing a gas or vapour to a liquid or solid form.");
myWords[159] = new GlossaryTerm("Condenser","A piece of equipment that cools vapours or gases and reduces them to liquid or solid form.");
myWords[160] = new GlossaryTerm("Condenser cooling water pump","Water pumps used in cooling towers to circulate water through the condensers.");
myWords[161] = new GlossaryTerm("Conduct","To serve as a pathway or medium for electricity or heat to pass through. Materials that allow this to happen are described as conductive.");
myWords[162] = new GlossaryTerm("Conducting solution","A conducting solution is an electrolyte dissolved in water and it will conduct an electric current. In conducting solutions the current consists of electrically charged particles moving through the solution to electrodes.");
myWords[163] = new GlossaryTerm("Conductor","A substance through which electrical current can flow.");
myWords[164] = new GlossaryTerm("Configure","To design, arrange or set up software or hardware by changing its settings. The final set-up or design of such software or hardware is referred to as the configuration.");
myWords[165] = new GlossaryTerm("Conseil European pour la Recherche Nucleaire (CERN)","The French name for the "European Particle Physic Laboratory" located in Geneva, Switzerland. It is the birthplace of the world-wide-web, which started 6 August 1991.");
myWords[166] = new GlossaryTerm("Conservation","The wise use of natural resources (nutrients, minerals, water, plants, animals, etc.); planned action or non-action to preserve or protect living and non-living resources.");
myWords[167] = new GlossaryTerm("Conserve","To save and protect.");
myWords[168] = new GlossaryTerm("Console game","Better known as a video game, a console game allows two-way interaction within the game, with another computer, or with another user who is directly affecting the way the game is being played. It is different to the one-way communication from television, video, and other non-responsive media. Such a game is usually displayed on a television or similar audio-video system.");
myWords[169] = new GlossaryTerm("Consume","Use up, take in. The act of using is called consumption.");
myWords[170] = new GlossaryTerm("Containment structure","The containment structure in a nuclear reactor is a protective shell located outside the reactor vessel (nearest the nuclear reaction) for additional safety.");
myWords[171] = new GlossaryTerm("Contaminate","When something becomes dirty because of contact with something else. Bacteria, for example, can contaminate water, making it not fit to drink. The act of something becoming dirty or infected is contamination.");
myWords[172] = new GlossaryTerm("Continent","The Earth's land masses are divided into 7 large landmasses called continents. The Earth's current continets are: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America. Australia is the only country in the world to govern an entire continent. It is also the world's smallest continent.");
myWords[173] = new GlossaryTerm("Control channel","A channel carrying network information rather than the actual voice or data messages transmitted over the network.");
myWords[174] = new GlossaryTerm("Control rod","Used in nuclear plants to control the rate of nuclear reactions, by using rods to absorb or slow some of the particles released during the nuclear reactions. This stops them producing further nuclear reactions in other atoms.");
myWords[175] = new GlossaryTerm("Controversy","An argument where there is strong disagreement.");
myWords[176] = new GlossaryTerm("Convert","Change into a different form.");
myWords[177] = new GlossaryTerm("Coolamon","An Aboriginal wooden dish.");
myWords[178] = new GlossaryTerm("Cooling tower","A cooling tower sprays steam or hot water through the air to cool it down. It is an example of a heat exchanger where the air is the cooling medium.");
myWords[179] = new GlossaryTerm("Corrode","To eat away gradually, usually by electro-chemical reaction. The act of this eating away is corrosion. Corrosion occurs when metals react with other substances in the environment. The metal loses its special properties when this happens. For example, iron rusts when it has contact with water and oxygen.");
myWords[180] = new GlossaryTerm("Corrupt","Alter from original, so that the data contains errors and can no longer be used.");
myWords[181] = new GlossaryTerm("Coverage","The geographical reach of a mobile phone network or system.");
myWords[182] = new GlossaryTerm("Cradle","A frame or structure that holds an object in place to keep it from rolling or falling.");
myWords[183] = new GlossaryTerm("Crystalline","In crystal form, the natural state some elements occur in.");
myWords[184] = new GlossaryTerm("Culminate","Complete; bring to a highest point. A culmination is the end product, or concluding action of a series of events.");
myWords[185] = new GlossaryTerm("Culture","The set of learned beliefs, attitudes, values and behaviour that are characteristic of a particular social group or organisation.");
myWords[186] = new GlossaryTerm("Current","A flow of electricity through a conductor.");
myWords[187] = new GlossaryTerm("Cyberspace","Coined by author William Gibson in his 1984 novel "Neuromancer", the word cyberspace is currently used to describe the electronic universe of information available through the internet. It is also a generic term for the entire internet, not just the world-wide-web.");
myWords[188] = new GlossaryTerm("Cyclical","Recurring in cycles or periods of time in which certain events or phenomena repeat themselves in the same order at the same interval.");
myWords[189] = new GlossaryTerm("Cyclone","A tropical revolving storm that rotates about a centre of low atmospheric pressure. It is responsible for other unusual weather events such as tornadoes. Cyclones turn in a counter-clockwise direction north of the equator (northern hemisphere), and a clockwise direction to the south (southern hemisphere).");
myWords[190] = new GlossaryTerm("Daemon","Greek for "spirit or soul". In computing, it refers to a program that runs unattended to perform repetitive services for other programs such as network control. It runs continuously in the background until it is activated by a particular event.");
myWords[191] = new GlossaryTerm("Dam","A structure built to store water which can then be used for generating electricity, recreation, providing water for people in cities or for agriculture.");
myWords[192] = new GlossaryTerm("DARPA","A US governmental organisation responsible for creating the ancestor of today's internet. It was renamed DARPA (Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency) in 1972.");
myWords[193] = new GlossaryTerm("Data","The plural of datum. In computing, it refers to information processed by a computer. This can include text, numbers, sounds and pictures.");
myWords[194] = new GlossaryTerm("Decode","A term used to describe the process of "reading" information in a file and presenting it in a usable fashion to the computer.");
myWords[195] = new GlossaryTerm("Decoder","A box which, normally together with a viewing card, makes it possible to view encrypted transmissions. If the transmissions are digital, the decoder is usually integrated in the receiver.");
myWords[196] = new GlossaryTerm("Decompose","To rot or breakdown down. The process of breaking down or decaying is decomposition.");
myWords[197] = new GlossaryTerm("Decrypt","The process of converting encrypted data or text back to plain data or text. To decrypt a protected file is to restore it to its original, unprotected state.");
myWords[198] = new GlossaryTerm("Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency","A US governmental organisation responsible for creating the ancestor of today's internet. It was renamed DARPA (Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency) in 1972.");
myWords[199] = new GlossaryTerm("Deforestation","The destruction of forests for fuel, mining, agriculture and the building of dams.");
myWords[200] = new GlossaryTerm("Delegate","To assign. In computing, delegation of domains means to assign a domain name to a particular server.");
myWords[201] = new GlossaryTerm("Desulphurisation","The removal of sulfur dioxide from the exhaust gases produced during the burning of some coals.");
myWords[202] = new GlossaryTerm("Detrimental","Damaging or resulting in loss.");
myWords[203] = new GlossaryTerm("Dewater","To remove water from waste, soils or chemicals.");
myWords[204] = new GlossaryTerm("Dial-up","This is a method of connecting a computer to the internet using a modem and a standard telephone line.");
myWords[205] = new GlossaryTerm("Digital","A system in which the information is stored, processed and transmitted in the form of "ones" and "zeros". This can take the form of signals that are "on" or "off", or different voltage levels. The opposite of analogue.");
myWords[206] = new GlossaryTerm("Digital concentrator","A digital device that provides a central connection point for cables from a variety of sources. Most concentrators contain the ability to amplify the electrical signal they receive.");
myWords[207] = new GlossaryTerm("Digital satellite","Satellite transmissions aimed directly at individual households, to be received with a small satellite dish.");
myWords[208] = new GlossaryTerm("Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)","A method for moving data quickly over regular copper telephone lines. A DSL line can carry both data and voice signals and can offer download rates up to 6Mbps.");
myWords[209] = new GlossaryTerm("Digital Versatile Disc (DVD)","A high-capacity storage medium that is read by a laser light. It is the same physical size as a CD but with significantly greater storage capacity.");
myWords[210] = new GlossaryTerm("Digitise","To convert analogue information into digital format for computer use.");
myWords[211] = new GlossaryTerm("Discipline","An branch of knowledge and activity.");
myWords[212] = new GlossaryTerm("Disinfectant","Any chemical that kills bacteria.");
myWords[213] = new GlossaryTerm("Disk Operating System (DOS)","This was the original operating system that IBM personal computers used. It is a set of programs that instruct a disk-based computer system to manage resources and operate related equipment. It has been largely superseded by Windows.");
myWords[214] = new GlossaryTerm("Disperse","Spread out in various directions.");
myWords[215] = new GlossaryTerm("Displace","Move people forcibly out of their homeland into a new environment");
myWords[216] = new GlossaryTerm("Distribution load centre","The term distribution load refers to the point from which electricity will be distributed to users.");
myWords[217] = new GlossaryTerm("Distribution main","The main pipe that distributes water to suburbs. Other pipes from the distribution main will then channel water to homes.");
myWords[218] = new GlossaryTerm("Distribution network","Interconnected cables distributing electricity to consumers.");
myWords[219] = new GlossaryTerm("Diurnal storage","Storage that happens each day.");
myWords[220] = new GlossaryTerm("Domain name","A domain name is the unique name that identifies a website on the internet. For example, transact.com is a domain name.");
myWords[221] = new GlossaryTerm("Domain name renewal","Domain names have to be registered to be valid and usable on the internet. Once the registration of a domain name runs out, its registration needs to be renewed in order to stay valid.");
myWords[222] = new GlossaryTerm("Domain Name System (DNS)","A system which translates the domain names into the internet protocol (IP) addresses used for distribution of information on the internet. This mechanism allows you to look up a website by a domain name without having to know the IP address of the website.");
myWords[223] = new GlossaryTerm("Domestic","Relating to one's own country.");
myWords[224] = new GlossaryTerm("Doping","Addition of a substance that alters the way the properties of the original matter.");
myWords[225] = new GlossaryTerm("Dose","An amount of medicine or chemical to be taken or used at a particular time.");
myWords[226] = new GlossaryTerm("Dosed","When water is treated with a liquid disinfectant like chlorine it is dosed. When people take medicine, they are taking a dose.");
myWords[227] = new GlossaryTerm("Download","The transfer of data from a computer or telecommunications network to another electronic device or storage medium. The most common methods of doing this on the internet is through email, Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) and File Transfer Protocol (FTP). Opposite of upload.");
myWords[228] = new GlossaryTerm("Dropped call","The common term to mean a mobile phonecall that was disconnected unexpectedly due to a technical reason such as a failure in the system, the lack of available channels or lack of network coverage in a particular area.");
myWords[229] = new GlossaryTerm("Drought","Unusually dry weather, usually resulting from a lack of precipitation (rain).");
myWords[230] = new GlossaryTerm("Drought tolerant","Usually refers to a plant that is able to withstand periods of time without water and will still flower and keep a normal appearance.");
myWords[231] = new GlossaryTerm("DSL","This is a term for Digital Subscriber Line technology, used to deliver broadband internet access across copper telephone wires.
There are many DSL versions such as Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL), High data rate Digital Subscriber Line (HDSL) and Rate Adaptive Digital Subscriber Line (RADSL).");
myWords[232] = new GlossaryTerm("Dual","Made up of two parts.");
myWords[233] = new GlossaryTerm("Ductile","A material that can change shape without breaking or changing amount.");
myWords[234] = new GlossaryTerm("Duplex","Described a communication system where the sending and receiving of messages takes place at the same time.");
myWords[235] = new GlossaryTerm("Dynamo generator","A machine which turns mechanical energy into electrical energy by turning coils of wire in a magnetic field.");
myWords[236] = new GlossaryTerm("Earth","1. Earth is the planet that we live on. It is the third planet from the sun. It is also called Terra.
2. To earth or ground something is to enable unwanted electricity to be carried away safely, usually through the "earth" wire in a circuit. Lightning rods or earthing electrode stakes on tall buildings are used to 'earth', or direct, huge charges of electrical energy from lightning bolts to the ground.");
myWords[237] = new GlossaryTerm("Earth's crust","The Earth is made up of layers. The outer-most layer is called the crust. It varies in thickness from about 6 kilometres (under the oceans ) to 40 kilometres under continents.");
myWords[238] = new GlossaryTerm("Earthing electrode stake","A safety device consisting of a metal stake that connects the earth wire in the circuitry of a house or other building to the ground. Also commonly called a lightning rod.");
myWords[239] = new GlossaryTerm("Easement","Describes the area near houses where the water, sewerage and stormwater pipes are laid, and where nothing can be built that might get in the way of repairs. The easement is 3 meters wide and can be in your back or front yards.");
myWords[240] = new GlossaryTerm("Ecology","The relationships between all organisms and their environment.");
myWords[241] = new GlossaryTerm("E-commerce","Short for electronic commerce. It the process of buying and selling of goods and services over the internet.");
myWords[242] = new GlossaryTerm("Economic","1. Financially rewarding; using the minimum resources (time, money) necessary for effective use.
2. Relating to an economy, which is the system of production and management of material wealth");
myWords[243] = new GlossaryTerm("Economics","The study of the production, distribution and use of wealth.");
myWords[244] = new GlossaryTerm("Economies of scale","An economic term that refers to the reducing cost per unit as more items are produced. A decrease in cost as supply increases.");
myWords[245] = new GlossaryTerm("Economy","The system of production, distribution and use of material wealth. The efficient use of resources");
myWords[246] = new GlossaryTerm("Ecosystem","Communities of living things and the environments in which they interact. Relationships between members of an ecosystem are finely balanced and the removal of one organism can have a devastating effect on other members.");
myWords[247] = new GlossaryTerm("Efficient","When energy is changed from one form to another, some is lost during the process. It can be lost as heat, light or sound. In energy, something is efficient when it loses little energy during the change in form. The term efficiency describes how much energy is transferred from one form to another and how much energy is lost.");
myWords[248] = new GlossaryTerm("Effluent","The water that comes out of a sewerage plant after it has been treated.");
myWords[249] = new GlossaryTerm("Electric charge","When something is loaded with an imbalance of electrons.");
myWords[250] = new GlossaryTerm("Electric circuit","A conductive loop along which electricity passes.");
myWords[251] = new GlossaryTerm("Electric current","Electrons flowing from one place to another. Measured in ampere.");
myWords[252] = new GlossaryTerm("Electric field","A space influenced by electrical energy forces.");
myWords[253] = new GlossaryTerm("Electrical resistance","A material's opposition to the flow of electric current, measured in ohms. The more the resistance, the less the amount of current that will flow through a wire.");
myWords[254] = new GlossaryTerm("Electricity generator","An electricity generator produces electricity using energy, such as steam, to move the air and turn a turbine attached to a shaft. When the turbine rotates it turns the shaft making a magnet turn inside several copper windings and this generates electricity.");
myWords[255] = new GlossaryTerm("Electricity grid","The electricity grid is the network of wires or cables that supplies electricity to users. It is the common, interconnected electricity network of transmission cables located along the east coast of Australia.");
myWords[256] = new GlossaryTerm("Electrode","The point at which a current enters or leaves a battery or component in an electric circuit.");
myWords[257] = new GlossaryTerm("Electrolyte","A substance which, when melted or dissolved in water, will conduct an electric current. Electrolytes includes acids and salts such as table salt or sodium chloride. Electrolytes are used in some batteries.");
myWords[258] = new GlossaryTerm("Electromagnet","An electromagnet is a temporary magnet that consists of an iron bar surrounded by a coil of wire. When an electric current is passed through the coil, the iron bar behaves like a magnet. When the current is switched off the iron bar no longer behaves like a magnet.");
myWords[259] = new GlossaryTerm("Electromagnetic","The interaction between electric and magnetic fields.");
myWords[260] = new GlossaryTerm("Electromagnetic radiation","Electromagnetic radiation is made up of radio waves, infrared radiation (heat), visible light, ultraviolet light, X-rays and gamma rays. The sun produces the full range of electromagnetic radiation. On earth these forms of energy can be produced both naturally and artificialy.");
myWords[261] = new GlossaryTerm("Electron","An indivisible, stable particle present in all atoms. Electrons are negatively charged.");
myWords[262] = new GlossaryTerm("Element","An element is a pure substance made up of only one kind of atom. All matter is made up of elements, combinations of elements called compounds, or mixtures of both.");
myWords[263] = new GlossaryTerm("Email","Short for ‘Electronic Mail’. It is the exchange of electronic messages and computer files through a telecommunications network such as the internet or mobile phone.");
myWords[264] = new GlossaryTerm("Emit","To give off. To discharge gases or other substances given off from any process such as exhaust fumes or wood smoke. The act of discharging gases and other substances is emission");
myWords[265] = new GlossaryTerm("Encode","The process of converting one digital format to another, either to obscure the content of the file, or to compress or convert it to another format.");
myWords[266] = new GlossaryTerm("Encompass","To enclose, contain.");
myWords[267] = new GlossaryTerm("Encrypt","To encode (scramble) information in such a way that it is unreadable to all but those individuals possessing the key to the code. Encryption is the use of a mathematical based method of "scrambling" the data before it is sent over the data network so that it becomes unreadable except by authorised users. The current de-facto standard for encryption for web based traffic is SSL (Secure Sockets Layer). Opposite: decrypt.");
myWords[268] = new GlossaryTerm("Energy","The ability to do work or activity.");
myWords[269] = new GlossaryTerm("Environment","The word environment refers to all the physical factors surrounding an organism. These include such things as air, water, light, temperature, and other living things.");
myWords[270] = new GlossaryTerm("Environmental","Relating to the natural environment, its protection and conservation.");
myWords[271] = new GlossaryTerm("Environmental impact","Any change to the environment, whether bad or helpful, that wholly or partially results from an organisation's activities, products or services.");
myWords[272] = new GlossaryTerm("Estuary","An estuary is where a river flows into the sea. It has a mixture of fresh and salty water and has tides.");
myWords[273] = new GlossaryTerm("Ethane","A odourless, gaseous hycrocarbon (C2H6) of the methane series, present in crude oil.");
myWords[274] = new GlossaryTerm("Ethanol","A light, volatile alcohol that can be used for gasoline blending.");
myWords[275] = new GlossaryTerm("Evaporate","To change from liquid to gas. The act of changing from liquid to gas is evaporation.");
myWords[276] = new GlossaryTerm("Excavate","To dig out a volume of earth. Any man-made cut, cavity, trench, or depression in an earth surface, formed by earth removal is an excavation.");
myWords[277] = new GlossaryTerm("Exchange","A central place where telephone lines can be connected together so that phone conversations can take place.");
myWords[278] = new GlossaryTerm("Exert","Put to use.");
myWords[279] = new GlossaryTerm("Exploit","To selfishly or unfairly use someone or something for one's own advantage. Abuse.");
myWords[280] = new GlossaryTerm("Extensible Markup Language (XML)","A flexible way to create common information formats and share both the format and the data on the world-wide-web, intranets, and elsewhere. XML is a formal recommendation from the World-Wide-Web Consortium (W3C). It is a similar language to HTML that spec");
myWords[281] = new GlossaryTerm("Extinct","No longer in existence; lost or especially having died out leaving no living representatives. Extinct animals in Australia include the Paradise Parrot and the Lesser Bilby.");
myWords[282] = new GlossaryTerm("Extraction unit","A container or unit where a particular substance is separated from other substances.");
myWords[283] = new GlossaryTerm("Faecal","Having to do with waste matter discharged from the intestines. Excrement.");
myWords[284] = new GlossaryTerm("Fault line","A break in a rock formation where one block of rock has slipped against another disrupting continuous layers.");
myWords[285] = new GlossaryTerm("Fauna","Animals living in a particular area.");
myWords[286] = new GlossaryTerm("Feasible","Possible. Capable of being done, or of having success given the resources and circumstances");
myWords[287] = new GlossaryTerm("Feed","The transmission of video or audio programming from a distribution centre.");
myWords[288] = new GlossaryTerm("Feed reader","Also known as a news aggregator, a feed reader allows news content that is generated or provided from another source to be brought together and displayed. Feed readers can be built into web browsers, website management systems, email software or as stand-alone applications.");
myWords[289] = new GlossaryTerm("Feedback","The usually annoying sound produced when electrical equipment such as a microphone picks up and amplifies its own signal from a loudspeaker.");
myWords[290] = new GlossaryTerm("Ferment","The breakdown of complex organic materials into simpler substances by microorganisms. This process produces energy. An example would be the breakdown of sugar into alcohol. The act of breaking down complex organic substances is called fermentation.");
myWords[291] = new GlossaryTerm("Fertiliser","Manure or chemicals added to soil to enrich it for growing plants.");
myWords[292] = new GlossaryTerm("Fertility","Fertility of the soil refers to the ability of the soil to support plant growth. A soil is fertile when it contains minerals needed by plants for their growth and has a consistency that allows air and water to move between its particles.");
myWords[293] = new GlossaryTerm("File transfer","The process of copying data from one system to another, usually through a modem and cable or telephone lines.");
myWords[294] = new GlossaryTerm("File Transfer Protocol (FTP)","A common method of moving files between two internet sites. An anonymous FTP is a file transfer between sites that does not require users to identify themselves through a log-in. Anonymous FTPs are not secure, as anyone on the world-wide-web can then have access to these files.");
myWords[295] = new GlossaryTerm("Filter","In telecommunications, a filter separates signals of different bandwidths. In ADSL, this is used to separate voice and Internet signals on a copper phone line. This makes it possible to use a single telephone line for voice or fax and the internet at the same time, without any interference between the two.");
myWords[296] = new GlossaryTerm("Filtration","Separation of a solid and a liquid by using a porous substance that only lets the liquid pass through.");
myWords[297] = new GlossaryTerm("Fire hydrant","Usually an upright discharge pipe for drawing water to use in fighting a fire. In Canberra, fire hydrants are actually hidden underground. You have to lift a metal plate on the ground to plug a firehose to a water main.");
myWords[298] = new GlossaryTerm("Firewall","Software or hardware used to limit access to a computer network between two or more networks. This is to protect unauthorised users from getting to confidential information.");
myWords[299] = new GlossaryTerm("Fission","The splitting apart of atoms. This splitting releases large amounts of energy and one or more neutrons.");
myWords[300] = new GlossaryTerm("Flame","An intentionally insulting message exchanged via email or online discussion groups. A series of flames is known as flame wars.");
myWords[301] = new GlossaryTerm("Flame War","An ongoing sequence of hostile messages between two or more people, usually in a public forum on the internet. This is usually a result of an online discussion degenerating into personal attacks against contributors.");
myWords[302] = new GlossaryTerm("Flocculate","To cause to become fluffy or lumpy substances. The process by which clumps of solids in water or sewage are combined through biological or chemical action so they can be separated from water or sewage is called flocculation.");
myWords[303] = new GlossaryTerm("Flora","Plants living in a particular area.");
myWords[304] = new GlossaryTerm("Flow control valve","A valve used to control the flow of water to a turbine, to control the output or power generation of the turbine.");
myWords[305] = new GlossaryTerm("Flue","A vent or chimney for a combustion device.");
myWords[306] = new GlossaryTerm("Fluidised bed combustion","A clean coal technology process that removes sulfur from coal during combustion.");
myWords[307] = new GlossaryTerm("Fluoride","A mineral that is effective in preventing and reversing the early signs of dental caries. Fluoride occurs naturally and contains the element fluorine.");
myWords[308] = new GlossaryTerm("Fly ash","Released when coal is burnt in a coal plant.");
myWords[309] = new GlossaryTerm("Foreshore","The ground between the water's edge and the land cultivated or built upon.");
myWords[310] = new GlossaryTerm("Forum","An online discussion group where participants with a common interest can post messages for others to read, and reply to messages posted by other users.");
myWords[311] = new GlossaryTerm("Fossil","Any remains, impressions or traces of an animal or plant from prehistory, such as a skeleton, footprint or impression in rock.");
myWords[312] = new GlossaryTerm("Fossil fuel","Fuel substances formed in the earth from the fossilised remains of ancient plants and animals. Include coal, oil, and natural gas.");
myWords[313] = new GlossaryTerm("Free electron","Any electron that has broken free from its atom.");
myWords[314] = new GlossaryTerm("Freeware","Software that is distributed free of charge on the internet for personal use.");
myWords[315] = new GlossaryTerm("Frequency","Electromagnetic waves used in telecommunications to carry information.");
myWords[316] = new GlossaryTerm("Frequency Modulation (FM)","A method of broadcasting radio and television signals by varying its frequency.");
myWords[317] = new GlossaryTerm("Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)","An FAQ is a compilation of the most common questions and answers on a particular subject.");
myWords[318] = new GlossaryTerm("Fuel","A substance burnt to produce energy as heat or to feed an engine, machine or appliance");
myWords[319] = new GlossaryTerm("Full-duplex","A communication method that is able to send and receive data at the same time over a single line. Also known as "duplex" and "FDX".");
myWords[320] = new GlossaryTerm("Furnace","A large oven or place of burning heat.");
myWords[321] = new GlossaryTerm("Gas","A gas is when the particles (molecules) that make up something don’t cling together and are spread out. Gas will expand and spread out to fill any container they are kept in.");
myWords[322] = new GlossaryTerm("Gas turbine","Gas turbines have angled blades which are pushed around the by energy of moving gases such as air and steam. They are used in power stations to produce electricity.");
myWords[323] = new GlossaryTerm("Gaseous","Exists as a gas or vapour, not liquid or solid state.");
myWords[324] = new GlossaryTerm("Gateway","A network point that acts as the entrance to another network. It is often a device that translates and manages communications between networks that use different protocols or that are designed differently.");
myWords[325] = new GlossaryTerm("Gear box","Contains gears which can either speed up or slow down the turning speed of an axle attached to other parts of a machine. Gears are used to vary output speed from input speed.");
myWords[326] = new GlossaryTerm("General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)","A wireless radio technology packet-switching communication service based on Global System for Mobile (GSM) communication networks. It works in a similar way to how internet email is delivered. This service provides an "always on" capability, in that it uses the communication network only when there is data to send.");
myWords[327] = new GlossaryTerm("Generate","Produce. Energy cannot be created or destroyed, but it can be changed from one form to another. To generate energy is to change energy to a usable form.");
myWords[328] = new GlossaryTerm("Generator","A machine which produces electrical energy from mechanical energy.");
myWords[329] = new GlossaryTerm("Geologically active","A geologically active area of the Earth’s crust experiences geological activity such as earthquakes, volcanoes, geysers, and hot mud pools.");
myWords[330] = new GlossaryTerm("Geology","The science that deals with the history of the Earth, its structure and composition.");
myWords[331] = new GlossaryTerm("Geomorphology","A science where people study the origin and structure of surface landforms such as mountains, valleys, plateaus or plains.");
myWords[332] = new GlossaryTerm("Geothermal energy","Energy that comes from parts of the Earth’s crust that are geologically active. These areas often experience earthquakes, geysers and some volcanic activity and have hot water, natural steam or hot dry rocks.");
myWords[333] = new GlossaryTerm("Geyser","A geyser is an opening in the Earth’s crust through which steam and hot water explode out onto the surface from time to time. They occur in areas of declining geological activity such as the North Island of New Zealand.");
myWords[334] = new GlossaryTerm("Gigabit (Gb)","Amount of memory equal to 1,024 Megabits (1,073,741,824 bits).");
myWords[335] = new GlossaryTerm("Gigabyte (GB)","Amount of memory equal to 1,024 Megabytes, approximately one billion bytes.");
myWords[336] = new GlossaryTerm("Gigajoule (GJ)","Unit of measure for energy, 1GJ = 1 thousand megajoules.");
myWords[337] = new GlossaryTerm("Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM)","The most popular digital standard for mobile phones in the world. It allows eight simultaneous calls to the same radio frequency.");
myWords[338] = new GlossaryTerm("Global warming","The theory that people are adding to the natural greenhouse effect by polluting the earth’s atmosphere with extra carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. This might increase the amount of heat trapped in the lower atmosphere causing increases in daily temperatures and changes in weather patterns.");
myWords[339] = new GlossaryTerm("Gopher","A menu-based, hierarchical system for exploring the internet. It has been largely replaced by the world-wide-web and search engines.");
myWords[340] = new GlossaryTerm("Graphics Interchange Format (GIF)","This is a popular image format created specifically for the internet, especially for images that contain large areas of the same colour. This is a 256 colour or 8-bit image, and usually has a low resolution (72 dpi), making it undesirable for printing. Static or animated GIF images are the most common forms of banner advertisements.");
myWords[341] = new GlossaryTerm("Gravitational","The influence of gravity, the tendency of a body to have weight and fall towards the centre of the earth.");
myWords[342] = new GlossaryTerm("Gravity","Gravity is the pulling force or force of attraction that exists between all matter. The amount of matter in an object (its mass) determines the force with which it will attract other things. The larger the mass the stronger the pull it exerts.");
myWords[343] = new GlossaryTerm("Green electricity","Electricity generated from a renewable source achieving a reduction in greenhouse emissions and pollution.");
myWords[344] = new GlossaryTerm("Green energy","Green energy comes from a source which does not produce pollutants; for example, solar, wind and wave energies.");
myWords[345] = new GlossaryTerm("Greenhouse effect","It is the predicted increase in the earth's temperature caused by the trapping of heat from the sun in the atmosphere by concentrations of greenhouse gases (e.g. carbon dioxide, methane).");
myWords[346] = new GlossaryTerm("Greenhouse gas","One of a number of gases found in the atmosphere that contribute to the greenhouse effect by trapping heat around the Earth. Eg. Carbon dioxide, water vapour, methane");
myWords[347] = new GlossaryTerm("Greywater","Water that has been used in the laundry, kitchen or bathroom but not the toilet.");
myWords[348] = new GlossaryTerm("Ground-based transmission station","Stations which deliver data through radio waves while based on the ground, as opposed to satellite transmission.");
myWords[349] = new GlossaryTerm("Groundwater","Water that is below the water table.");
myWords[350] = new GlossaryTerm("Hacker","The original term was one of respect to a computer programmer who creates original and ingenious programs. However, over time, a more negative connotation was formed, referring to a person who illegally breaks into computer systems for malicious reasons.");
myWords[351] = new GlossaryTerm("Half-duplex","It is a communication method that enables data to travel in both directions, but only in one direction at a time.");
myWords[352] = new GlossaryTerm("Handshaking","The process where two electronic devices establish and exchange signals.");
myWords[353] = new GlossaryTerm("Hard drive","Contains all the electronic information of a computer and retains the information even when the power is turned off. It permanently stores programs and data unless they are deliberately written off.");
myWords[354] = new GlossaryTerm("HDSL","This is a term for Digital Subscriber Line technology, used to deliver broadband internet access across copper telephone wires.
There are many DSL versions such as Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL), High data rate Digital Subscriber Line (HDSL) and Rate Adaptive Digital Subscriber Line (RADSL).");
myWords[355] = new GlossaryTerm("Headwaters","The part of a river near where it begins.");
myWords[356] = new GlossaryTerm("Heat exchanger","Transfers heat from one thing to another; for example, a heat exchanger can change steam back to water by cooling it.");
myWords[357] = new GlossaryTerm("Heat source","A source that provides heat energy to do work such as generating electricity. It can be a range of things such as a boiler furnace, a geothermal spring of hot water or the sun.");
myWords[358] = new GlossaryTerm("Heterotrophic","Organisms that obtain nourishment from the ingestion and breakdown of organic matter such as plants and animals.");
myWords[359] = new GlossaryTerm("Heterotrophic plate count","A procedure for estimating the number of live heterotrophic bacteria in water.");
myWords[360] = new GlossaryTerm("History","The list of documents and pages you visited during your current and recent Web sessions. Most browsers track which pages you have visited over a period of time, so you can return to a site instantly or view your last web session.");
myWords[361] = new GlossaryTerm("Home page","The main page of the website that serves as the primary point of entry to other pages in the site. Usually it functions as a table of contents, giving links to other sections of the website and giving a preamble to the purpose of the site and the organisation or entity behind it.");
myWords[362] = new GlossaryTerm("Hop","Each time a data packet is forwarded from one router to the next in a network, a hop occurs.");
myWords[363] = new GlossaryTerm("Horizontal","Horizontal refers to the position of something that is parallel to the horizon.");
myWords[364] = new GlossaryTerm("Host","Any computer on a network that serves as a central place where services are stored and made available to other computers on the network. One host machine can provide several services such as email and FTP.");
myWords[365] = new GlossaryTerm("Hot dry rock","A process used to extract heat from rocks that are hot but not porous (solid and without spaces between their crystals). Bores are drilled into these rocks so water can be circulated through them and heat up.");
myWords[366] = new GlossaryTerm("Hotspot","A part of an image or text containing a hyperlink.");
myWords[367] = new GlossaryTerm("Hurricane","A type of storm, otherwise called a tropical cyclone. The name hurricane is assigned to the highest wind-speed category in the Beaufort scale.");
myWords[368] = new GlossaryTerm("Hybrid Fibre Coaxial Cable (HFC)","A type of network that contains fibre-optic cables and copper coaxial cables to distribute data, video and voice signals to a group of individual locations");
myWords[369] = new GlossaryTerm("Hydraulic turbine","A turbine that uses moving water to make it work. They are used in hydroelectricity plants.");
myWords[370] = new GlossaryTerm("Hydro","Part of a word (prefix) used to refer to water.");
myWords[371] = new GlossaryTerm("HydroCarbon","An organic chemical compound containing only carbon and hydrogen such as methane gas.");
myWords[372] = new GlossaryTerm("Hydroelectricity","Electricity that is produced from the energy of flowing water.");
myWords[373] = new GlossaryTerm("Hydrogen","The lightest of all gases, occurring chiefly in combination with oxygen in water; exists also in acids, bases, alcohols, petroleum, and other hydrocarbons.");
myWords[374] = new GlossaryTerm("Hydrogen sulphide","Hydrogen sulphide molecules consist of two hydrogen atoms and one sulfur atom (H2S) which are chemically joined. It is poisonous and in low concentrations has an unpleasant smell which is why it is also called rotten egg gas.");
myWords[375] = new GlossaryTerm("Hydrothermal","The term hydrothermal refers to hot water coming from the Earth’s crust.");
myWords[376] = new GlossaryTerm("Hyper Text Mark-up Language (HTML)","The computer language used to create world-wide-web pages which are read by browsers.");
myWords[377] = new GlossaryTerm("Hyper Text Transport Protocol (http)","The set of rules governing the exchange of files on the world-wide-web. Files include text, graphic images, sound, video and other multimedia files available on the Web.");
myWords[378] = new GlossaryTerm("Hyperlink","A method of cross-referencing and/or retrieving information from different documents. Hyperlinks or links are usually highlighted text or images which, when clicked by a mouse or selected, follow a link to another page or section of a document on the web.");
myWords[379] = new GlossaryTerm("Hypertext","Any text within a document that, when selected, caused another document to be retrieved and displayed.");
myWords[380] = new GlossaryTerm("Icon","A small graphic file used to represent an object such as a program, a disk drive, or a link to a web page.");
myWords[381] = new GlossaryTerm("Idle timeout","A time limit placed on an online session, where the session is automatically terminated after a period of inactivity.");
myWords[382] = new GlossaryTerm("Image dissector","Arguably the first electronic television camera tube, created by Philo Taylor Farnsworth. It transmits images by dissecting it into individual elements and converting the elements, a line at a time, into a pulsating electrical current.");
myWords[383] = new GlossaryTerm("Impermeable","Waterproof, not permitting liquid to pass through.");
myWords[384] = new GlossaryTerm("Incinerate","To burn at very high temperature. It is the process of burning waste under controlled conditions");
myWords[385] = new GlossaryTerm("Incorporated","A term used to describe a business that has been granted a document legally recognising it as a separate entity having its own privileges, rights, and liabilities distinct from other businesses and persons.");
myWords[386] = new GlossaryTerm("Incremental","Increasing steadily and slowly by regular portions or additions.");
myWords[387] = new GlossaryTerm("Industrial Revolution","The period in history when such a development took place in many Western countries; beginning in Britain in the late 18th century and continuing in the 19th century in other Western European countries and the US.");
myWords[388] = new GlossaryTerm("Industry","A particular branch of trade or manufacture.");
myWords[389] = new GlossaryTerm("Infiltration","Movement of water from the land surface into the soil.");
myWords[390] = new GlossaryTerm("Influence","Having power or an effect on another object or person.");
myWords[391] = new GlossaryTerm("Information Superhighway","Originally the name of an unimplemented proposal by former USA Vice President Al Gore to wire the United States for hundreds of cable television channels, the term is now synonymous to the internet, due to the amount of information transferred in the medium.");
myWords[392] = new GlossaryTerm("Infrastructure","The basic facilities, services, and installations needed for the functioning of the community, such as transportation and communications systems, water and power lines, and public institutions including schools, post offices, and prisons.");
myWords[393] = new GlossaryTerm("Inorganic","Substances which originate from minerals, and are not capable of supporting life.");
myWords[394] = new GlossaryTerm("Insulate","To cover or surround with material that will not enable electricity to pass through.");
myWords[395] = new GlossaryTerm("Insulator","Non conductive material that prevents the flow of electricity or isolates a circuit from other objects.");
myWords[396] = new GlossaryTerm("Integrated circuit","A very small electronic circuit created in a single piece of semiconducting material such as silicon. Integrated circuits are also known simply as chips.");
myWords[397] = new GlossaryTerm("Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN)","A telecommunications standard that allows regular phone lines to transmit digital rather than analogue signals. This allows data to be transmitted much quicker than via a traditional modem.");
myWords[398] = new GlossaryTerm("Interact","To act together or affect each other.");
myWords[399] = new GlossaryTerm("Intercept","To receive a communication or signal intended for another destination. Usually, this is a deliberate move that may be done in secret or illegally.");
myWords[400] = new GlossaryTerm("Interface","A link or connection between different units, systems or networks which may not be directly compatible.");
myWords[401] = new GlossaryTerm("Internal combustion engine","Also known as the piston engine. In internal combustion engines, pistons are driven up and down by cylinders of hot expanding gas. Their movement is transferred by rods and crank shafts to turn wheels.");
myWords[402] = new GlossaryTerm("International Links","The network backbone connecting Australia to the rest of the world.");
myWords[403] = new GlossaryTerm("Internet (the Net)","A global network connecting millions of computers using a common set of communications standards. The world-wide-web is one of the services available through the internet.");
myWords[404] = new GlossaryTerm("Internet Network Information Center (InterNIC)","The entity that controls the registration of most domain names on the world-wide-web.");
myWords[405] = new GlossaryTerm("Internet Protocol (IP)","Internet protocol defines how information travels multiple networks across the internet to its final destination.");
myWords[406] = new GlossaryTerm("Internet Relay Chat (IRC)","Refers to a live-chat area of the internet where real-time text-based conversations are conducted online.");
myWords[407] = new GlossaryTerm("Internet Service Provider (ISP )","A company that provides internet access. Some ISPs also provide other related services such as website building and virtual hosting.");
myWords[408] = new GlossaryTerm("Intranet","A private computer network usually within an organisation based on internet technology designed to meet internal needs for sharing information within an enterprise.");
myWords[409] = new GlossaryTerm("IP Address","Every computer that is on a network - whether a local one or on the internet - has a unique IP address that identifies that computer on the network. The IP address is a set of four numbers between 0 and 255, separated by periods. An example is 165.123.235");
myWords[410] = new GlossaryTerm("Irrigate","To supply water from man-made channels to grow crops and other plants.");
myWords[411] = new GlossaryTerm("ISO butane","A gas that has a low boiling point. It is used in low temperature electricity generation plants such as hydrothermal plants.");
myWords[412] = new GlossaryTerm("Isolate","To isolate is to remove or set apart from others. To be isolated is to be difficult to reach, or to be cut off from others.");
myWords[413] = new GlossaryTerm("Isolation valve","A valve or tap that can be turned off to separate sections of a distribution network.");
myWords[414] = new GlossaryTerm("Jack","An electrical device usually connected to an electrical socket designed for the insertion of a plug.");
myWords[415] = new GlossaryTerm("Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG)","A common image format, used usually for photographs on the internet as it can provide millions of colours. This format provides glossy compression, which means you lose sharpness from the original to reduce the file size. The file extension takes the form of .jpg");
myWords[416] = new GlossaryTerm("Joule","A metric unit for measuring work and energy, named after James Joule. It is equal to the work done when a one ampere current is passed through a resistance of one ohm for one second.");
myWords[417] = new GlossaryTerm("Kilobit (kbps, kb/s)","A kilobit is one thousand bits. It is used to measure the amount of data transferred per second. Kilobits per second is shortened to kb/s, Kbps or kbps. It is not to be mistaken with Kilobytes, or KBps.");
myWords[418] = new GlossaryTerm("Kilobyte (KBps)","A kilobyte is 1,024 bytes per second. It is used to measure the amount of computer memory, disk space or document size. Kilobytes per second is shortened to KBps. It is not to be mistaken with Kilobits, or kbps.");
myWords[419] = new GlossaryTerm("Kilopascal (kPa)","Stands for kilopascals and they are units of pressure. One pascal is equal to the pressure exerted by a force of one newton acting over one square metre.");
myWords[420] = new GlossaryTerm("Kilovolt (kV)","A kilovolt is 1000 volts. A kilovolt is the unit used to measure the difference in electrical pressure or potential along a metal carrying a current.");
myWords[421] = new GlossaryTerm("Kinetic energy","The energy something has because it is moving; for example, a moving car, moving air, and moving water have kinetic energy. Kinetic energy is energy that is already doing work.");
myWords[422] = new GlossaryTerm("King tide","A larger than usual high tide occurring near the time of a new or full moon. Also known as Spring tide.");
myWords[423] = new GlossaryTerm("Kyoto Protocol","An international agreement reached by many nations to reduce global emissions of greenhouse gases by about 5.2 per cent by the year 2012.");
myWords[424] = new GlossaryTerm("Lag","Time delay encountered when a computer processes data or when a web page is loading data.");
myWords[425] = new GlossaryTerm("Landfill","Made up of waste from city and town populations, and includes garden and kitchen waste. It is placed in holes in the ground and covered over.");
myWords[426] = new GlossaryTerm("Landfill gas (LFG)","The gases produced from the anaerobic (oxygen-free) breakdown of landfill once it has been covered over with dirt. It is made up mainly of methane and carbon dioxide.");
myWords[427] = new GlossaryTerm("Landline","A telephone line that travels through a physical, land-based medium such as through fibre optic cables or copper phone lines.");
myWords[428] = new GlossaryTerm("Laser","The word Laser is actually an acronym for 'Light Amplification by Simulated Emission of Radiation'. It is an intensely pure and powerful beam of light that can produce images with electronic impulses. Such light can carry data over great distances in optical fibre without distorting. Images can also be formed using laser in remote controls from computers or in facsimiles. It can also be used in surgery to cut tissue, diagnose disease and treat cancer.");
myWords[429] = new GlossaryTerm("Lava","Lava is hot liquid rock found on or close to the Earth’s surface. When it cools it forms volcanic igneous rocks.");
myWords[430] = new GlossaryTerm("Lifestyle","A way of life chosen by a person or a group.");
myWords[431] = new GlossaryTerm("Lignite","A form of coal between the development of peat and back coal, brownish-black and woody in appearance with a high moisture content.");
myWords[432] = new GlossaryTerm("Limestone","A sedimentary rock consisting mainly of calcium that was deposited by the remains of marine animals.");
myWords[433] = new GlossaryTerm("Line of sight","The connection between communication devices that use transmission systems (such as laser, microwave, and infrared systems) in which no obstructions on a direct path between transmitter and receiver may exist.");
myWords[434] = new GlossaryTerm("Liquid","Something that is able to flow. Liquids can turn to gas when heated. When something is a liquid, it is in between a solid and a gas. The study of the way liquid moves is called hydraulics.");
myWords[435] = new GlossaryTerm("Liquid Crystal Display (LCD)","A display that consists of two polarizing transparent panels and a liquid crystal surface sandwiched in between. Voltage is applied to certain areas, causing the crystal to turn dark. A light source behind the panel transmits through transparent crystals and is mostly blocked by dark crystals.");
myWords[436] = new GlossaryTerm("Listserver","An automatic mailing list server, and one of the most widely used newsletter servers on the internet. It is a computer program that maintains a list of email addresses to send email regarding all kinds of topics.");
myWords[437] = new GlossaryTerm("Live simulcast","The broadcast of the same program in a live format (as it happens) across two or more systems or different channels at the same time.");
myWords[438] = new GlossaryTerm("Live wire","A live wire is one that is carrying an electric current. A live appliance has electricity running through parts which can come in contact with a user. It is very dangerous.");
myWords[439] = new GlossaryTerm("Local Area Network (LAN)","A computer network limited to the immediate area, such as within a building or within all buildings related to an organisation or business in a limited area.");
myWords[440] = new GlossaryTerm("Log-in","The account name used to gain access to a computer system or a program. Account names usually have to be accompanied by a password which is kept secret.");
myWords[441] = new GlossaryTerm("Lurk","To view and read public conversations posted on the internet without participating in the discussion.");
myWords[442] = new GlossaryTerm("LV mains","Low voltage electricity mains.");
myWords[443] = new GlossaryTerm("Macerate","To soften, or separate the parts of a substance by soaking it into a liquid with or without heat.");
myWords[444] = new GlossaryTerm("Magnet","A subtance, usually metallic, that has the ability to attract similar substances with a force that is not electric or gravitational. When something is described as magnetic, it means that material displays properties in a magnet, such as attraction to steel and other metals.");
myWords[445] = new GlossaryTerm("Magnetic field","The region around a magnet that experiences the force of attraction or repulsion of that magnet. The earth’s magnetic field attracts the needle of a compass. Moving electrical charges also produce a magnetic field around the wire carrying the current.");
myWords[446] = new GlossaryTerm("Magnetism","Refers to a force that pulls together or pushes objects apart. Magnetism is exerted in a region around a magnet referred to as a magnetic field.");
myWords[447] = new GlossaryTerm("Mail server","A computer, usually belonging to an ISP, which stores and distributes electronic mail messages.");
myWords[448] = new GlossaryTerm("Mail Transfer Agent (MTA)","A computer program or software agent which transfers email messages from one computer to another.");
myWords[449] = new GlossaryTerm("Mainframe","A very large, expensive and powerful computer capable of supporting thousands of users at the same time. It is a high level computer designed for the most intensive and demanding computer tasks.");
myWords[450] = new GlossaryTerm("Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)","A prestigious engineering university and research institute in Cambridge.");
myWords[451] = new GlossaryTerm("Mean","Arithmetic: average number. The average is calculated by dividing the sum of two or more quantities by the number of these quantities.");
myWords[452] = new GlossaryTerm("Mechanical","Produced by physical forces.");
myWords[453] = new GlossaryTerm("Mechanical energy","Mechanical energy is the energy a moving object has, such as a car or running water. It is a form of kinetic energy used to do work.");
myWords[454] = new GlossaryTerm("Mechanical television","Mechanical television was a television system that uses mechanical or electromechanical devices to capture and display images. However, the images themselves were usually transmitted electronically and via radio waves.");
myWords[455] = new GlossaryTerm("Megabit (Mb)","Amount of memory equal to 1,048,576 bits.");
myWords[456] = new GlossaryTerm("Megabyte (MB)","Amount of memory equal to one thousand kilobytes or 1,048,576 bytes.");
myWords[457] = new GlossaryTerm("Megajoule (MJ)","Unit of measure for energy 1MJ= 1million joules.");
myWords[458] = new GlossaryTerm("Megawatt (MW)","Watts are the units by which we measure electrical power. A megawatt is equal to 1,000,000 watts. A light globe may use 40, 60 or 100 watts while an electric heater may use some thousands of watts.");
myWords[459] = new GlossaryTerm("Meltdown","Meltdown occurs when the core of a nuclear reactor becomes overheated and begins to melt. When this happens the reactor can explode releasing radioactivity into the environment.");
myWords[460] = new GlossaryTerm("Memex","A portmonteau of the words "memory extender", the Memex was a concept of an online library – not very different from the world-wide-web we know today. His vision was one of an interconnected knowledge base where users could have the ability to create information trails, link related text and illustrations, and store such links for future reference. Although his ideas were not unique, his vision is often regarded as the trigger for the development of PCs, the internet and the world-wide-web.");
myWords[461] = new GlossaryTerm("Mercury","A heavy, silver-white metallic element that is liquid in room temperature. It is a highly poisonous metal.");
myWords[462] = new GlossaryTerm("Message board","An application that allows users to publish and reply to messages from other internet users and to review the flow of discussion. It is also known as a discussion group.");
myWords[463] = new GlossaryTerm("Meter","Energy: An instrument that records or regulates the amount of something passing through it, like electricity or gas.");
myWords[464] = new GlossaryTerm("Methane","An odourless, gaseous hydrocarbon (CH4), occurring naturally as coal gas or marsh gas.");
myWords[465] = new GlossaryTerm("Methanol","A light, volatile alcohol eligible for gasoline blending.");
myWords[466] = new GlossaryTerm("Metropolitan Area Network (MAN)","A communications network intended to serve the area of a city. In Australia, such networks usually use fibre-optic cables.");
myWords[467] = new GlossaryTerm("Microbiological","Relating to microorganisms and their life processes.");
myWords[468] = new GlossaryTerm("Microfiltration","A process for filtering water by forcing it through a screen with very small pores (0.1 to 2 microns in diameter).");
myWords[469] = new GlossaryTerm("Micron","One millionth of a metre, a micrometre.");
myWords[470] = new GlossaryTerm("Microorganism","Very tiny living thing, too small to see with the human eye.");
myWords[471] = new GlossaryTerm("Microphone","An audio device that converts sound energy (such as voice waves) into electrical energy which can then be amplified.");
myWords[472] = new GlossaryTerm("Microprocessor","Microprocessors integrated circuits on chips that are central to computer technology. They control the logic of PCs and almost all digital devices, from clock radios to fuel-injection systems in cars.");
myWords[473] = new GlossaryTerm("Microsoft Windows","Microsoft Windows is a family of operating systems used on personal computers (PCs).
More than 90 per cent of the world's desktop computers now run on various versions of Microsoft Windows.");
myWords[474] = new GlossaryTerm("Middle Ages","The time in European history between the end of the Holy Roman Empire in the 5th century AD and the beginning of the Italian Renaissance around 1350 AD.");
myWords[475] = new GlossaryTerm("Millennium","A millenium is a period of time equal to a thousand years. Also refers to a thousandth anniversary. Millenia is the plural (more than one) of millennium.");
myWords[476] = new GlossaryTerm("Minicomputer","Built primarily between 1963 and 1987, such computers were the mid-range computers between the mainframes (very huge and extremely expensive computers) and the microcomputers (like the personal computer, PC). Minicomputers were actually the size of a two-drawer filing cabinet and generally served between 10 and 300 people simultaneously.");
myWords[477] = new GlossaryTerm("Mirror Site","A website that is a duplication of an existing site, to reduce the traffic on a particular server and to enhance the availability of the original site.");
myWords[478] = new GlossaryTerm("Modem","Short for modulator/demodulator. It is a device that converts a digital signal to an analogue signal so that information can be passed through a telephone line and then decoded to a computer.");
myWords[479] = new GlossaryTerm("Modems","Modems are devices that lets a computer talk to another computer over a phone line. When someone speaks of standard modems, he or she is usually referring to a 33.6k or 56k dial-up modem.");
myWords[480] = new GlossaryTerm("Modular","A unit made up of standard parts.");
myWords[481] = new GlossaryTerm("Molecule","The smallest physical unit of an element or compound, consisting of one or more atoms.");
myWords[482] = new GlossaryTerm("Monitor","1. To check, observe or record how something works, without interfering.
2. A device similar to a television screen that receives video signals from the computer and displays the information for the user.");
myWords[483] = new GlossaryTerm("Mosaic","Developed by the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) in 1992, Mosaic was the first web browser for the world-wide-web and helped trigger the popularity of the Internet. It officially ceased on 7 January 1997, having been supplanted by commercial browsers such as Netscape Navigator.");
myWords[484] = new GlossaryTerm("Moving Pictures Experts Group (MPEG)","A popular file format for audio and video. MPEG-1 is used for VCD format while MPEG-2 is used for DVD format. MPEG-3 was designed to handle HDTV signals in the range of 20 to 40 Mbps. MPEG-4 was introduced in late 1998 and compresses video, audio and certain types of 3D information. It processes detailed 3D representation for faces, human bodies and general 3D scenes.");
myWords[485] = new GlossaryTerm("MP3","It is an acronym of MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 audio layer
3. It is a compressed audio format that still allows a relatively high sound quality while reducing the file size. A compression rate of 12:1 is possible through MP3.");
myWords[486] = new GlossaryTerm("MS Windows","Microsoft Windows is a family of operating systems used on personal computers (PCs).
More than 90 per cent of the world's desktop computers now run on various versions of Microsoft Windows.");
myWords[487] = new GlossaryTerm("Mulch","Straw, leaves, loose earth etc spread on the ground to protect the roots of newly planted trees, crops and other plants.");
myWords[488] = new GlossaryTerm("Multimedia","A combination of multiple media types, including text, graphics, animation, audio and video.");
myWords[489] = new GlossaryTerm("Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME)","A standard specifying the format of non-text data – such as graphics, audio, video animations etc. – transferred over the internet.");
myWords[490] = new GlossaryTerm("Music, language: A rhythmic pattern.","");
myWords[491] = new GlossaryTerm("Napoléon Bonaparte","A famous French general who became emperor of France. He died in 1821, aged 52.");
myWords[492] = new GlossaryTerm("Narrowband","Short for narrow bandwidth, it is a service or connection that can only allow a limited amount of data to be transmitted, such as for telephony.");
myWords[493] = new GlossaryTerm("National Grid","The distribution network that transmits electricity from feeder powerhouses to cities and communities across Eastern Australia.");
myWords[494] = new GlossaryTerm("Natural gas","A fossil fuel found in the Earth’s crust made up of gases which burn. It is often found with petroleum or oil in sedimentary rocks. It is believed to have formed from the compacted remains of marine organisms.");
myWords[495] = new GlossaryTerm("Natural resource","Natural resources are useful substances that occur in the environment such as water, coal and timber.");
myWords[496] = new GlossaryTerm("Nature strip","A grassed strip of land between the front boundary of private land and the edge of a road.");
myWords[497] = new GlossaryTerm("Navigation","The means by which a user can move from page to page on a website.");
myWords[498] = new GlossaryTerm("Ned Kelly","Known more as Ned, Edward Kelly (born 1845) is Australia's most famous bushranger and, to some, a folk hero for his defiance of colonial authorities.");
myWords[499] = new GlossaryTerm("Nervous system","The network of pathways carrying messages between the brain and other parts of the body.");
myWords[500] = new GlossaryTerm("Netfind","An email address search facility using information such as a person's name, location, or domain name, provided by the user.");
myWords[501] = new GlossaryTerm("Netiquette","The unofficial rules on the acceptable code of behaviour when using the internet.");
myWords[502] = new GlossaryTerm("Netizen","Taken from the words "Internet" and "Citizen", it refers to users of the internet and implies that such users have a civic responsibility.");
myWords[503] = new GlossaryTerm("Netscape","The name of Netscape Corporation's popular web browser.");
myWords[504] = new GlossaryTerm("Network","An interconnected system of things or people.");
myWords[505] = new GlossaryTerm("Network Interface Card (NIC)","A card that is installed in a computer to allow it to connect to a network.");
myWords[506] = new GlossaryTerm("Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP)","A protocol for the distribution, inquiry, retrieval and posting of news articles across the internet.");
myWords[507] = new GlossaryTerm("Neutron","A tiny particle with no charge making up the nucleus of an atom.");
myWords[508] = new GlossaryTerm("Newsgroup","A discussion group on Usenet dedicated to one topic.");
myWords[509] = new GlossaryTerm("Newsreader","A software program that lets you subscribe to newsgroups as well as read and post messages to them.");
myWords[510] = new GlossaryTerm("Nitrogen","Odourless gaseous element that makes up about 20 percent of the atmosphere. Also present in proteins and plant and animal tissues.");
myWords[511] = new GlossaryTerm("Nitrogen Oxide (Nox)","Gases consisting of one molecule of nitrogen and varying numbers of oxygen molecules. In the atmosphere, nitrogen oxides can contribute to smog, can decrease visibility, and have bad consequences for health. They are considered pollutants.");
myWords[512] = new GlossaryTerm("Nitrous oxide","A gas made up of nitrogen and oxygen, N2O. It is also known as laughing gas and can be used as an anaesthetic.");
myWords[513] = new GlossaryTerm("Node","Any device that is connected to the network.");
myWords[514] = new GlossaryTerm("Noise","In telecommunications, this refers to an unwanted signal or interference.");
myWords[515] = new GlossaryTerm("Non-conductive","Not able to conduct heat, electricity or sound.");
myWords[516] = new GlossaryTerm("Non-renewable","Cannot be easily made or replaced.");
myWords[517] = new GlossaryTerm("Non-renewable energy","Energy resources that can not be replenished (made again) in a short period of time such as coal and oil.");
myWords[518] = new GlossaryTerm("Nordisk MobilTelefoni (NMT)","Stands for Nordisk MobilTelefoni or Nordiska MobilTelefoni-gruppen. It means Nordic Mobile Telephone in English.");
myWords[519] = new GlossaryTerm("Nuclear","Relating to atomic energy derived from splitting an atom.");
myWords[520] = new GlossaryTerm("Nuclear energy","Power that comes from splitting heavy atoms (fission) or joining light atoms (fusion). Very high temperatures and pressure are needed for these reactions to take place.");
myWords[521] = new GlossaryTerm("Nuclear fission","The splitting of the nucleus of a heavy atom resulting in release of great amounts of energy.");
myWords[522] = new GlossaryTerm("Nuclear reactor","A plant that uses nuclear reactions to produce heat, to make steam. It has two very thick shells to keep it as safe as possible. The rate of nuclear fission in the plant is controlled using rods to absorb some of the particles released.");
myWords[523] = new GlossaryTerm("Nucleus","The central core of an atom.");
myWords[524] = new GlossaryTerm("Nutrient","A substance that promotes growth. Nutrients in soil are the substances plants need so they can grow and reproduce.");
myWords[525] = new GlossaryTerm("Odometer","This is a piece of equipment used for measuring distance. In a car the odometer measures the distance a car travels in kilometres.");
myWords[526] = new GlossaryTerm("Odourant","A substance that produces a smell.");
myWords[527] = new GlossaryTerm("Offline","When referring to your computer, it means your computer is not connected or available to the network.");
myWords[528] = new GlossaryTerm("Oil","Oil or petroleum is a fossil fuel found in sedimentary rocks in the Earth’s crust and is made up of liquids which burn. Oil is believed to have formed from the compacted remains of marine organisms.");
myWords[529] = new GlossaryTerm("Online","Connected to the internet.");
myWords[530] = new GlossaryTerm("Optical","Anything dealing with sight or vision; anything having to do with light.");
myWords[531] = new GlossaryTerm("Optical fibre","A hollow strand of glass or plastic no thicker than a human hair used to transmit information from one location to another.");
myWords[532] = new GlossaryTerm("Orbit","The curved pathway around a central body, like a planet around the sun.");
myWords[533] = new GlossaryTerm("Organic","Matter from living organism (plants or animals).");
myWords[534] = new GlossaryTerm("Organism","Any living creature or plant. Some organisms are so small we cannot see them.");
myWords[535] = new GlossaryTerm("Oscillate","The movement of blades to and fro.");
myWords[536] = new GlossaryTerm("Oscillating water column","An oscillating water column uses a large volume of moving water as a piston in a cylinder. Air is forced out of the column as a wave rises and fresh air is drawn in as the wave falls. This movement of air turns a weir turbine at the top of the column.");
myWords[537] = new GlossaryTerm("Oscilloscope","An electronic measuring instrument that creates a graph comparing varying voltages as related to time.");
myWords[538] = new GlossaryTerm("Overcharge","Forcing an electrical current into a fully charged battery. Batteries can be damaged if they are overcharged for a long period of time.");
myWords[539] = new GlossaryTerm("Oxygen","Colourless, odourless gaseous element making up about one fifth of the atmosphere. Oxygen is essential for most life forms.");
myWords[540] = new GlossaryTerm("Ozone","A form of oxygen (O3), found in the atmosphere particularly after thunderstorms. Ozone forms a thin layer in the upper atmosphere and protects life on earth by absorbing dangerous ultraviolet light.");
myWords[541] = new GlossaryTerm("Packet","Refers to a message or a fragment of a message that is transmitted on a network. When a message – or data – gets sent across, the message is broken up into packets and reassembled at the destination. This method of data transfer is called packet switching");
myWords[542] = new GlossaryTerm("Packet InterNet Gopher (PING)","Working a little like a sonar, a PING is a basic internet program that lets you verify if a particular internet address exists and can accept requests, by sending an echo request and waiting for a response.");
myWords[543] = new GlossaryTerm("Packet switching","The method used to move data around the internet.");
myWords[544] = new GlossaryTerm("Parallel","Components or circuits connected to the same end points, so that each circuit provides an alternate path for electrical current from the same source.");
myWords[545] = new GlossaryTerm("Parity Bit","A bit added to a group of bits – usually a seven-bit byte – before transmission, so as to detect errors.");
myWords[546] = new GlossaryTerm("Particle","A very tiny portion, piece or amount of matter.");
myWords[547] = new GlossaryTerm("Particulate smoke","Tiny specks of solid matter or dust or droplets of liquid matter dispersed in gas or emissions.");
myWords[548] = new GlossaryTerm("Password","A secret alphanumeric code, usually accompanying a login name, needed to access confidential and sensitive information.");
myWords[549] = new GlossaryTerm("Patent","1. An official document that grants the inventor sole rights to his invention.
2. To obtain a patent.");
myWords[550] = new GlossaryTerm("Pathogen","A disease-producing organism.");
myWords[551] = new GlossaryTerm("Peat","Soil formed from decomposed vegetable matter in marshy or swamp conditions. When dried can be used as a fuel.");
myWords[552] = new GlossaryTerm("Pendulum","A weight freely hanging at the end of a rod, string or rope which, when given a push, can swing back and forth under the influence of gravity.");
myWords[553] = new GlossaryTerm("Penetration","The degree to which a community has adopted a particular technology.");
myWords[554] = new GlossaryTerm("Percolate","Passing of liquid through porous matter.");
myWords[555] = new GlossaryTerm("Petajoule (PJ)","Unit of measure for energy, 1 PJ = million gigajoules.");
myWords[556] = new GlossaryTerm("Petrochemical","Produced during the processing of petroleum. Petroleum is a mixture of many different chemicals.");
myWords[557] = new GlossaryTerm("Petrothermal","Hot rocks.");
myWords[558] = new GlossaryTerm("pH","The term pH comes from "potential of Hydrogen". It is a way to measure how much acid is in something like water or soil. A substance can be “acidic” or it can be “alkaline”. pH is measured on a scale of 1 to 14.");
myWords[559] = new GlossaryTerm("Phoshor","A substance which glows when struck by electrons. The back of a cathode ray tube face is coated with phosphor.");
myWords[560] = new GlossaryTerm("Phosphorus","A solid non-metal element.");
myWords[561] = new GlossaryTerm("Photon","Particles of light energy from the sun.");
myWords[562] = new GlossaryTerm("Photosynthesis","The process plants use to make carbohydrates (food) from carbon dioxide, water and soil salts using energy from the sun and chlorophyll in the leaves.");
myWords[563] = new GlossaryTerm("Photovoltaic (PV) cell","A device that absorbs energy from the sun and changes it to electrical energy.");
myWords[564] = new GlossaryTerm("Pilot light","Pilot means to guide or to steer. The pilot light for a gas appliance has a temperature control that switches the gas on and off as heat is needed. When the gas is switched off by the control (thermostat), the main burner goes off.");
myWords[565] = new GlossaryTerm("Piston engine","Engines driven by hot expanding gas. The pistons move up and down in cylinders and this movement is transferred by rods and crank shafts to turn wheels.");
myWords[566] = new GlossaryTerm("Pitch control","The process of altering the angle of turbine blades to vary the speed of the turbine.");
myWords[567] = new GlossaryTerm("Pixel","One of the small units that make up an image on a computer or television screen. It is derived from the words 'picture' and 'element' to make pixel.");
myWords[568] = new GlossaryTerm("Plain Old Telephone System (POTS)","Refers to the conventional analogue telephone system delivered over copper wires.");
myWords[569] = new GlossaryTerm("Plan","Telecommunication retailers usually refer to a plan as a combination of services with a product. It is quite common, for example, for internet service providers to offer various broadband plans that cater to a customer's habits and level of use.");
myWords[570] = new GlossaryTerm("Plasma","A gas containing free ions and electrons, and therefore capable of conducting electric currents.");
myWords[571] = new GlossaryTerm("Plate count","A count that indicates how many plate-like microorganisms are present.");
myWords[572] = new GlossaryTerm("Plug-in","A program that can be easily installed and used as a part of a web browser. Such programs usually provide support for sound, video and 3D animation.");
myWords[573] = new GlossaryTerm("Plutonium","A heavy radioactive metallic element that can be used in fission. It can also result as a by-product of the fission reaction in a uranium-fuel nuclear reactor and can be recovered for future use.");
myWords[574] = new GlossaryTerm("Podcasting","Podcasting, a portmanteau of Apple's "iPod" and "broadcasting", is a method of publishing files to the Internet, allowing users to subscribe to a feed and receive new files automatically by subscription, usually at no cost. It first became popular in late");
myWords[575] = new GlossaryTerm("Point of Presence (POP)","Refers to the location where people can dial into the service provider's host computer.");
myWords[576] = new GlossaryTerm("Point to Point Protocol (PPP)","A type of internet connection that defines how a modem connection exchanges data packets with other systems on the internet.");
myWords[577] = new GlossaryTerm("Polarise","To cause to vibrate in a definite pattern. Polarisation is a special property of waves such as light and other electromagnetic radiation. Unlike more familiar waves such as waves on water or sound waves, a trademark of polarisation is its three-dimensional movement.");
myWords[578] = new GlossaryTerm("Polarity","The quality of having two oppositely charged poles; one positive and one negative.");
myWords[579] = new GlossaryTerm("Policy","A course or line of action adopted and followed by a government or a business.");
myWords[580] = new GlossaryTerm("Pollutant","A substance which is produced by human activity that is harmful to the environment, inclduing waterways and the atmosphere. Many are produced as a result of industrial or agricultural processes.");
myWords[581] = new GlossaryTerm("Pollute","To make foul or unclean. Pollution also means when something makes the environment dirty. Pollution can be caused by car fumes, factory waste, or rubbish and can mean we can’t use the environment.");
myWords[582] = new GlossaryTerm("Polycrystalline","A polycrystalline material is made of several smaller crystallites. Almost all common metals, and many ceramics are polycrystalline.");
myWords[583] = new GlossaryTerm("Polymer","A natural or man-made material formed by combining units, called monomers, into long chains. The word polymer means many parts. Examples of polymers are starch (which has many sugar units), polyethylene (which has many ethylene units) and polystyrene (which has many sugar units), polyethylene (which has many ethylene units) and polystyrene (which has many styrene units).");
myWords[584] = new GlossaryTerm("Polyvinyl chloride (PVC)","A plastic used to make pipes. PVC is waterproof and resists weathering, so it is often used to make outdoor objects. It can be easily coloured and shaped.");
myWords[585] = new GlossaryTerm("Population projection","The calculation of future changes in population numbers, given certain assumptions about future trends in the rates of fertility, mortality, and migration.");
myWords[586] = new GlossaryTerm("Porous","Having pores or tiny openings that allow water to seep through.");
myWords[587] = new GlossaryTerm("Portmanteau","A word that combines the sound and meaning of two words, for example, "smog", a combination of "smoke" and "fog". Other portmanteaus are Xeriscape and Pixel.");
myWords[588] = new GlossaryTerm("Post","On the internet, to post a message is to publish it on the world-wide-web.");
myWords[589] = new GlossaryTerm("Post Office Protocol (POP)","A method by which emails are delivered and received from a remote server.");
myWords[590] = new GlossaryTerm("Potential energy","Stored energy, such as the energy of a coiled spring. It is also the energy an object has because of its position, such as water has at the top of a dam. The stored energy has the potential to do work.");
myWords[591] = new GlossaryTerm("Power pole","A pole, usually made of timber, supporting powerlines");
myWords[592] = new GlossaryTerm("Power turbine","A turbine driven by combustion gases from a combustion chamber. Combustion gases are produced when fuel is burned. They can include carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and sulfur dioxide.");
myWords[593] = new GlossaryTerm("Powerhouse","The building that typically houses electric generating equipment.");
myWords[594] = new GlossaryTerm("Powerplant","A place where electricity is produced using turbines and generators.");
myWords[595] = new GlossaryTerm("Precipitate","In the water cycle, when something precipitates, it means to fall from the clouds. Precipitation refers to any kind of water that falls from the sky as part of the weather. This includes snow, rain, sleet, freezing rain, hail and virga. Precipitation is a major part of the water cycle, and is responsible for depositing most of the fresh water on the planet.");
myWords[596] = new GlossaryTerm("Prehistoric","Before recorded history.");
myWords[597] = new GlossaryTerm("Pressure","To apply weight to something, to force, to press. With liquid, pressure can be caused by a pump or by gravity. Pressure is used to move liquids. To pressurise is to maintain a certain level of pressure.");
myWords[598] = new GlossaryTerm("Prime mover","An engine which, when rotated, produces an electrical current.");
myWords[599] = new GlossaryTerm("Printed circuit","A circuit forming part of electronic equipment where the wiring between parts, and some parts themselves, are printed or etched onto an insulating board.");
myWords[600] = new GlossaryTerm("Probation","A trial period during which a person convicted of a crime is released from prison or from the obligation of paying a fine, but has to observe certain conditions under supervision in a given timeframe.");
myWords[601] = new GlossaryTerm("Program","<strong>Television:</strong> A show or production appearing on television. <strong>Computers:</strong> A sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret through computer languages and execute.");
myWords[602] = new GlossaryTerm("Propane","A gaseous hycrocarbon (C2H8) of the methane series, found in petroleum.");
myWords[603] = new GlossaryTerm("Protocol","A "language", or a set of rules that computers use to communicate information to one another in a network.");
myWords[604] = new GlossaryTerm("Proton","A positively-charged particle found in the nucleus of every atom.");
myWords[605] = new GlossaryTerm("Public reserve","A public area that is owned by the community and managed by the government.");
myWords[606] = new GlossaryTerm("Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN)","Refers to the traditional, analogue telephone network. It is also commonly referred to as Plain Old Telephone System (POTS).");
myWords[607] = new GlossaryTerm("Pulley","A simple machine made up of a wheel with grooves connected by rope or cable. When several are used together, it is easier to lift heavy objects.");
myWords[608] = new GlossaryTerm("Pump station","A pump moves liquids from one place to another, usually through pipes. When several pumps are together they are called Pump Stations. Pump stations are set up near a water source and from there they move water to where it is needed.");
myWords[609] = new GlossaryTerm("Qwerty","The first six letters on the English-language keyboard are Q-W-E-R-T-Y. This has since evolved into a cute term for the standard computer keyboard.");
myWords[610] = new GlossaryTerm("Radar","Stands for RAdio Detection And Range. It is an instrument used to measure the distance or speed travel of an object by sending out short pulses of microwave energy and recording the returned signal's strength and time of arrival.");
myWords[611] = new GlossaryTerm("Radiant","Shining, sending out rays.");
myWords[612] = new GlossaryTerm("Radiant energy","Any form of energy radiating from a source in waves.");
myWords[613] = new GlossaryTerm("radiation","To send out particles or waves of energy to transfer heat through matter or space.");
myWords[614] = new GlossaryTerm("Radio wave","Any electromagnetic wave at a frequency between approximately 10 kilohertz and 300,000 megahertz. Each wavelength can be anything between 0.5 centimetres to 30,000 metres.");
myWords[615] = new GlossaryTerm("Radioactive","Atoms that break down and split into two or more parts are said to be radioactive. When they break down they produce small particles and energy called radiation. This can be very high energy called gamma radiation, or very small particles traveling very fast. Only some atoms are radioactive. Radiation is harmful to living organisms.");
myWords[616] = new GlossaryTerm("Radioactive waste","Materials left over from making nuclear energy. Radioactive waste can destroy living organisms if it is not stored safely.");
myWords[617] = new GlossaryTerm("RADSL","This is a term for Digital Subscriber Line technology, used to deliver broadband internet access across copper telephone wires.
There are many DSL versions such as Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL), High data rate Digital Subscriber Line (HDSL) and Rate Adaptive Digital Subscriber Line (RADSL).");
myWords[618] = new GlossaryTerm("Range","An area in which something acts or operates or has power and control.");
myWords[619] = new GlossaryTerm("Rationalise","To reorganise (resources, parts of a business etc) to promote efficiency, economy etc.");
myWords[620] = new GlossaryTerm("Reactor vessel","The structure nearest to the nuclear reaction in a nuclear plant. It is very thick and shaped like an egg for strength.");
myWords[621] = new GlossaryTerm("Real Simple Syndication (RSS)","A method of distributing updated news headlines, blog posts, and other content directly to users on the web; rather than requiring them to refer to individual websites for such information.");
myWords[622] = new GlossaryTerm("Real Time","To mean that something is happening at wall-clock time, referring to the ability of the computer to receive and immediately respond to information as they actually occur.");
myWords[623] = new GlossaryTerm("Receiver","An electronic device that receives a signal (radio, microwave) and decodes the signal for use as sound and picture.");
myWords[624] = new GlossaryTerm("Reception","The receiving of communication signals.");
myWords[625] = new GlossaryTerm("Reception area","The area where broadcast signals can be received.");
myWords[626] = new GlossaryTerm("Recharge","To re-energise a stored battery.");
myWords[627] = new GlossaryTerm("Recreation","A pastime or exercise. Something that you can enjoy.");
myWords[628] = new GlossaryTerm("Refine","Process to separate impurities and pure ingredients from raw materials.");
myWords[629] = new GlossaryTerm("Reflector","A shiny surface that reflects heat and light. Solar thermal systems use large mirrors or reflectors to focus the sun’s energy onto a receiver.");
myWords[630] = new GlossaryTerm("Refresh","To reload the same web page so that newly published data on the web page can be displayed.");
myWords[631] = new GlossaryTerm("Regulate","Fix or adjust the rate of; control");
myWords[632] = new GlossaryTerm("Rehabilitate","To restore to a good condition. At mine sites this involves removal or treatment of waste or by-products, replacement of topsoils and revegetation of area disturbed by mining activity.");
myWords[633] = new GlossaryTerm("Relocate","To move and settle down in a new place.");
myWords[634] = new GlossaryTerm("Remote","From a distance; separated.");
myWords[635] = new GlossaryTerm("Renewable","Resources which will not run out, eg. sun, wind, tide.");
myWords[636] = new GlossaryTerm("Renewable energy","Renewable energy comes from a source that can be renewed such as wind, the sun, tides.");
myWords[637] = new GlossaryTerm("Repeater","A device that amplifies or boosts weak incoming signals in a network by listening to a weak signal and then repeats the signal so that it can go further.");
myWords[638] = new GlossaryTerm("Repel","To push back or away by a force. Opposite of attract.");
myWords[639] = new GlossaryTerm("Reserve","An identified and accessible resource that is a set part.");
myWords[640] = new GlossaryTerm("Reservoir","A natural chamber where oil or gas collects, a natural or man made place that holds water or other liquid");
myWords[641] = new GlossaryTerm("Resistance","The property of a device which slows or 'fights' the flow of electricity.");
myWords[642] = new GlossaryTerm("Resolution","The number of pixels per square inch on a computer-generated image. Each pixel is really a dot with a given colour and brightness. The more pixels there are, the greater the resolution and the better the picture will be.");
myWords[643] = new GlossaryTerm("Resource","Any material that people can use. You must have some resources to live, like air, water and food. Resources can be natural or man-made.");
myWords[644] = new GlossaryTerm("Respiratory disease","Illness effecting the lungs and causing breathing difficulties.");
myWords[645] = new GlossaryTerm("Restriction","A regulation limiting the amount and way something is used.");
myWords[646] = new GlossaryTerm("Reticulate","Transport of water by a system of pipes and pumps.");
myWords[647] = new GlossaryTerm("Revegetate","Replace previously cleared vegetation by planting and maintaining trees and shrubs on the cleared ground.");
myWords[648] = new GlossaryTerm("Romance","To flirt, talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions. To start a love affair.");
myWords[649] = new GlossaryTerm("Rotate","Turn or spin.");
myWords[650] = new GlossaryTerm("Rotor","The part of an alternator directly connected to the prime mover of an electrical generator. It rotates as the prime mover turns. The rotor contains a magnet (an electro-magnet) that, when turned, produces a moving or rotating magnetic field.");
myWords[651] = new GlossaryTerm("Router","It is a network device that forwards data packets from one network to another. A router chooses the best path between two networks when there are multiple paths.");
myWords[652] = new GlossaryTerm("Royal Commission","When governments have problems and do not have answers, they sometimes ask for judges to have an investigation. This is to find out what the problem is and also suggest the best way to fix it.");
myWords[653] = new GlossaryTerm("Run-off","Water from precipitation or irrigation that flows over the ground and into bodies of water. It can contribute to soil erosion and carry harmful pollutants.");
myWords[654] = new GlossaryTerm("Sandstone","A sedimentary rock formed from layers of sand and grit cemented deposited on seabeds.");
myWords[655] = new GlossaryTerm("Sanitation","Drainage system; the process of maintaining clean and hygienic conditions to prevent diseases through services such as garbage collection and wastewater disposal and treatment.");
myWords[656] = new GlossaryTerm("Satellite dish","A satellite dish is a type of antenna designed with the specific purpose of transmitting signals to and/or receiving from satellites. A satellite dish is a particular type of microwave antenna. Satellite dishes come in varying sizes and designs, and are m");
myWords[657] = new GlossaryTerm("Satellite position","The position on the geostationary orbit above the equator that has been assigned for direct-broadcast satellites. The Optus B1 satellite, for example, has been allocated the position 160 degrees east (relative to the zero meridian at Greenwich, England).");
myWords[658] = new GlossaryTerm("Satellite transmission","The delivery of data by an electronic signal sent to a satellite orbiting the earth and then retrieved by a satellite dish.");
myWords[659] = new GlossaryTerm("Scaling","A build up of solid material on machine parts. When there is scaling on the machine, it does not work as well as it could.");
myWords[660] = new GlossaryTerm("Scam","A fraudulent business scheme or a plot to raise money.");
myWords[661] = new GlossaryTerm("Scroll","To move information on a computer screen upwards, downwards, or sideways, using either the scrollbars on the side of the window, or the arrow keys on the keyboard.");
myWords[662] = new GlossaryTerm("Seam","A layer or bed of coal sandwiched between layers of other types of rock");
myWords[663] = new GlossaryTerm("Search Engine","Usually a web-based program that helps users search and find specific information on the internet.");
myWords[664] = new GlossaryTerm("Secondary clarifier","The final settling basin that allows the separation of solids from the flow stream.");
myWords[665] = new GlossaryTerm("Sedimentary rock","Rock formed from sediments or layers usually deposited on river beds or seabeds.");
myWords[666] = new GlossaryTerm("Sedimentary rocks","Rocks formed from sediments or layers usually deposited on river beds or seabeds.");
myWords[667] = new GlossaryTerm("Selenium","A non-metallic element that the human body needs. It is toxic at high doses, and is found in food.");
myWords[668] = new GlossaryTerm("Semaphore","Equipment for conveying information using visual signals, such as with flags, high poles or towers with pivoting blades or paddles.");
myWords[669] = new GlossaryTerm("Semi-conductor","A substance that, at room temperature, conducts some electricity, but not as much as metals. Conductivity can increase with a rise in temperature.");
myWords[670] = new GlossaryTerm("Semi-conductors","Substances that, at room temperature, conducts some electricity, but not as much as metals. Conductivity can increase with a rise in temperature.");
myWords[671] = new GlossaryTerm("Sentiment","Opinion, feeling or thought.");
myWords[672] = new GlossaryTerm("Sentiments","Opinions, feelings or thoughts.");
myWords[673] = new GlossaryTerm("Serial Line Internet Protocol","Also known as SLIP. A method of internet connection that lets computers use phone lines and a modem to connect to the internet without requiring a host. This method has been mostly replaced by Point to Point Protocol (PPP).");
myWords[674] = new GlossaryTerm("Series","An arrangement of conductors or cells such that the same current flows through each. The components are said to be in series. Opposite of parallel.");
myWords[675] = new GlossaryTerm("Server","A powerful computer that can store and handle requests for data, email, file transfers and other network services from other computers, called clients.");
myWords[676] = new GlossaryTerm("Set top box","It controls the program the customer can watch. It unscrambles the incoming signals transmitted, and is the customer's access point to the television channels and other services provided with the television service such as TV On Demand and TV email.");
myWords[677] = new GlossaryTerm("Settop box","It controls the program the customer can watch. It unscrambles the incoming signals transmitted, and is the customer's access point to the television channels and other services provided with the television service such as TV On Demand and TV email.");
myWords[678] = new GlossaryTerm("Set-top box","It controls the program the customer can watch. It unscrambles the incoming signals transmitted, and is the customer's access point to the television channels and other services provided with the television service such as TV On Demand and TV email.");
myWords[679] = new GlossaryTerm("Shareware","Copyrighted software that is distributed freely but with certain conditions applying to it. Usually the full version of the software is available for personal use for a small fee after an evaluation period.");
myWords[680] = new GlossaryTerm("Short Message Service","Also known as SMS. A text message service that enables users to send short messages (160 characters at a time) to other users.");
myWords[681] = new GlossaryTerm("Silicon","Non-metallic element that occurs in different forms combined with other elements in minerals, rocks and sand. Silicon is a semi conductor and constitutes a quarter of the Earth's crust.");
myWords[682] = new GlossaryTerm("Silt","Fine sand or mud carried by running water and deposited as a sediment.");
myWords[683] = new GlossaryTerm("Simple Mail Transfer Protocol","Also known as SMPT, this is the most common method used to transfer email between servers.");
myWords[684] = new GlossaryTerm("Simulcast","The broadcast of the same program over two or more different systems or channels at the same time.");
myWords[685] = new GlossaryTerm("Simulcasting","The broadcast of the same program over two or more different systems or channels at the same time.");
myWords[686] = new GlossaryTerm("SLIP","An acronym for Serial Line Internet Protocol. A method of internet connection that lets computers use phone lines and a modem to connect to the internet without requiring a host. This method has been mostly replaced by Point to Point Protocol (PPP).");
myWords[687] = new GlossaryTerm("Sluice","A man-made channel for moving water.");
myWords[688] = new GlossaryTerm("Sluice gates","A gate at the upper end of a sluice for controlling the flow.");
myWords[689] = new GlossaryTerm("SMPT","An acronym for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, this is the most common method used to transfer email between servers.");
myWords[690] = new GlossaryTerm("SMS","Also known as Short Message Service. A text message service that enables users to send short messages (160 characters at a time) to other users.");
myWords[691] = new GlossaryTerm("SO2","Sulphur dioxide is a gas whose molecules are made up of one sulfur atom and two oxygen atoms joined together. It is a toxic, irritating, colourless gas used in refining ore and other processes. It is poi