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TE year1handbook/Year1 Unit1 Brief Explanation of Key Terms (view source)
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In contrast, 'Free and open” software (FOSS) applications or services allow users to have four significant freedoms – freedom to use, study, modify and share. Such freedoms are very critical to education, since sharing, studying and modifying/ adapting are all key educational processes. It is important to understand if any software or service being offered 'free' is free of cost alone, or the product/ service is also free to use/study/share/modify.
In contrast, 'Free and open” software (FOSS) applications or services allow users to have four significant freedoms – freedom to use, study, modify and share. Such freedoms are very critical to education, since sharing, studying and modifying/ adapting are all key educational processes. It is important to understand if any software or service being offered 'free' is free of cost alone, or the product/ service is also free to use/study/share/modify.
==== Files and Folders ====
Every programme, image, video, text document, song and document is stored on the computer as a file. You can 'store' files in a 'folder'. Folders can also store other folders called sub-folders (you can imagine them as binders within a hard bound folder). Folders are also called 'directories'. The files and folders are stored on the hard disk of the computer. To manage all the files and folders on the computer, we need a '''file manager''' (also called as file browser). A file manager is a computer programme that provides a user interface to work with files. Ubuntu uses a file manager/browser called Nautilus and you can create folders and documents, display your files and folders and search and manage your files using Nautilus.
'''Global digital library''' - The internet is a repository of vast amounts of information, on virtually any topic. Using a search engine (a digital tool) , one can search for (digital) information that one wants, at any time, any place, with internet connectivity. Hence the internet can be seen as a 'global digital library'.
'''Global digital library''' - The internet is a repository of vast amounts of information, on virtually any topic. Using a search engine (a digital tool) , one can search for (digital) information that one wants, at any time, any place, with internet connectivity. Hence the internet can be seen as a 'global digital library'.