Internet and Information Society

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The emergence and development of electronic computers has been a revolution in human society, whose main consequence was the transition from industrial society to information society. The computer has become a normal part of our daily work, and communication technology … Read More

Woman

Translation is like a woman. If it is beautiful, it is not faithful. If it is faithful, it is most certainly not beautiful. ~ Yevgeny Yevtushenko Traducerea e ca femeia. Dacă e frumoasă, nu e de încredere. Dacă e de … Read More

Pop-up ads

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Pop-up ads are methods of online advertising used to increase web traffic or capture the visitor”s personal contacts, such as email addresses. It works when certain web sites open a new web browser window to display advertisements. The pop-up window … Read More

European Framework Agreement on Telework

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The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), the Union of Industrial and Employers’ Confederations of Europe / the European Union of Crafts and Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (UNICE/UEAPME), and the Centre of Enterprises with Public Participation (ECPE) have signed a framework … Read More

USA: Telework Enhancement Act of 2010

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H.R.1722 — Telework Enhancement Act of 2010 (Enrolled Bill [Final as Passed Both House and Senate] – ENR)   –H.R.1722– H.R.1722   One Hundred Eleventh Congress   of the   United States of America   AT THE SECOND SESSION Begun … Read More

Yahoo! – The rise

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January 1994: Jerry Yang and David Filo create “Jerry’s Guide to the World Wide Web” while studying at Stanford University. April 1994: “Jerry’s Guide to the World Wide Web” is re-named “Yahoo!” March 1995: Yahoo! is incorporated. 1995: Ziff Davis … Read More

Defense in poker

In poker, certain aggression plays like steals can be very effective; players must occasionally reply to them with defensive plays with hands they might not otherwise play. If, for example, an opponent to a player’s right frequently steals when the … Read More

Web developer

A web developer is a software developer or software engineer who is specifically engaged in the development of World Wide Web applications, or distributed network applications that are run over the HTTP protocol using an HTTP server, a web server, … Read More

Technical translation

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Technical translation is related on documents such as manuals, instruction sheets, internal memos, minutes, financial reports, and other documents for a limited audience (who is directly affected by the document) and whose useful life is often limited. For example, a … Read More

Long-distance land bird migration

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Many species of land migratory birds migrate very long distances, the most common pattern being for birds to breed in the temperate or arctic northern hemisphere and winter in warmer regions, often in the tropics or the temperate zones of … Read More

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