This glossary is a sub-set of one developed by the Urban and Regional Information
Systems Association (URISA)
Systems Association (URISA)
Macros
Mainframe
Central Processing Unit (CPU), main memory, and control units of a computer typically housed in one large cabinet or in a number of smaller ones grouped together. The term only applies to large computers.
Map
A map is a representation, usually on a flat (planar) surface, of a region of the earth or heavens. Within a spatial database, an assembly of digital spatial features that represent a set of real-world features and the geographic relationships between them. This representation may exits digitally, manually (i.e. on paper), or in the human mind.
Menu
On computers, menus provide options for command input by computer users rather than by typing instructions. Menus come in many forms including permanent screen menu squares, pull-downs, popups, sliders, icons, cursor, picklists, dialog and toolbar buttons, as well as printed tablet menus and cursor buttons on digitizing (mouse) devices.
Metadata
This term refers to data about data. This information typically includes such information as the data's source, accuracy, data type, projection, date of origination and other general descriptions.
- Sequence of commands executed as one command.
- Series of specialized procedures or instructions in a computer language that can be replaced by a set of instructions that customize and streamline basic software functions.
- Recorded and often complex sequence of keystrokes and mouse actions that can be played back with a single or simple combination of keystrokes.
Mainframe
Central Processing Unit (CPU), main memory, and control units of a computer typically housed in one large cabinet or in a number of smaller ones grouped together. The term only applies to large computers.
Map
A map is a representation, usually on a flat (planar) surface, of a region of the earth or heavens. Within a spatial database, an assembly of digital spatial features that represent a set of real-world features and the geographic relationships between them. This representation may exits digitally, manually (i.e. on paper), or in the human mind.
Menu
On computers, menus provide options for command input by computer users rather than by typing instructions. Menus come in many forms including permanent screen menu squares, pull-downs, popups, sliders, icons, cursor, picklists, dialog and toolbar buttons, as well as printed tablet menus and cursor buttons on digitizing (mouse) devices.
Metadata
This term refers to data about data. This information typically includes such information as the data's source, accuracy, data type, projection, date of origination and other general descriptions.
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