Glossary
From SPARK
Acronyms Used on SPARK
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- BN Buenas Nuevas Gospel Recordings center in Mexico
- CAR Central African Republic
- DAP Digital Audio Player
- DVD Digital Video Disc
- FAQ Frequenty Asked Questions
- FIL Foundation of Indigenous Languages
- GNU GNU’s Not Unix
- IMB International Mission Board
- ION International Orality Network
- LRI Language Recordings International
- NGO Non-Government Organization
- NTSC National Television System Committee (1951-1953) (a video format) [1]
- ONG Non-Government Organization
- PAL Phase Alternating Line, a colour-encoding system used in broadcast television systems in large parts of the world. Other common analogue television systems are SECAM and NTSC. [2]
- SIM Serving in Missions
- STL Send the Light
- TFT Thin-film transistor, commonly used in flat-screen displays, see TFT LCD [3]
Definitions
Application
An application is a computer program which a person can use to do his or her work.
Case History
A case history describes a personal event or situation. It can include stories, examples of using a particular media product, surveys, or formal reviews. Case studies relate to the use of products, procedures used, problems, and successes encountered. See the Story Page Outline for further details.
Context
Context means the key factors, setting, or circumstances in which an event occurs.
Digital technology
Digital technology is used to store information in numerical form using numbers, especially binary numbers. This is used for input, processing, transmitting, storage, or display.
Digital technology is used to record, edit, and playback audio files.
Document
A document is any hand written, printed, or electronic-formated material.
Dubbing
Process of putting a sound track onto a film or video.
Ethnic group
An Ethnic Group, is also called a people or a people group. They are a community of individuals who share a common identity and are distinguished from others by their uniqueness.
Equipment
Machines used for recording, editing, and playback, in production work.
Evangelization
Evangelization means sharing God’s message with others.
Get-ers
Get-ers are people who read, get, or download information from SPARK.
Glossary
Glossary is a list of terms with definitions used on SPARK.
Login
Login (logging in) is the way a computer user connects to a website so that he or she can interact with it.
Media mix
Media mix is using more than one kind of media to emphasize or increase the effect of the message you are trying to communicate. Media Mix
Media types
Kinds of media, such as print, live, audio, and visual.
Open Source
A method and philosophy for software licensing and distribution designed to encourage use and improvement of software written by volunteers by ensuring that anyone can copy the source code and modify it freely. It is often free financially as well. Free Software
Orality
The quality or state of being oral.
Refers to how people think, learn, remember, and communicate, using a method other than reading and writing.
People group
See Ethnic group.
Product
A product is a media production.
Put-ers
People who put, add, or upload content onto SPARK
Rain forest
A dense, evergreen forest that has heavy rainfall all year round.
Reference
A document that may or may not relate to another document on the site.
Vernacular media
Vernacular media is a way of communicating to a people group in their own language.
Worldview
A collection of beliefs about life and the universe held by an individual or a group. Worldview
