Techno Blabber Game Technology phrases Some are fake Guess which!
Tomcat Servlet Container A Java web server framework
Technology Without An Interesting Name TWAIN, Protocol to talk to image scanners
Recursive Click Vector Completely Bogus. Compliments of Camie.
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line ADSL, broadband over telephone
Apache Rewrite Rule A smart proxy that can rewrite URLs in amazing ways
Attachment Packet Interface ATAPI, Disk interface type
General Protection Fault A Windows Error Message. Commonly Blue Screen of Death
Extensible Firmware Interface Next generation of computer BIOS. Used in the new Intel Macs.
Extended File Interchange Mode A total fake
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension MIME, specification for attachments in
Acyclic Depth First Traversal Not real at all
Personal Computer Memory Card International Association PCMCIA, adapter cards for laptops
Cross Site Socket Transfer Entirely made up. Fiction.
Cyclic Redundancy Check CRC, a checksum to verify data transmissions
Stratified Multi Pass Data Filter A hoax, a sham, a flim flam
Distributed Component Object Model DCOM, a microsoft object programming model
Remember… We really sound like this to people sometimes
Blackboard Nuts & Bolts Blackboard Is UAA’s course management system Servicing UAA since Fall 2000 Runs on Solaris Is a suite of programs working together Reflects the banner SIS
Factoids 1,000 of 4,000 courses every semester 700 faculty and 13,000 students using 4,000 unique visitors per day 150 people online at any given time A person logs in every 2 seconds 7 GB per day transferred over the net Data stored 250 GB files 25 GB database
Architecture: A Helicopter View
Snap Shotting Banner
Blackboard Dashboard Stats every 10 minutes Reports every week
Conclusions Callcenter is doing a great job with Blackboard! Emedia evolved training from introductory material to advanced course design Blackboard has been very stable in the last year Have a statistic or reports idea? See Jim Big hardware and software upgrades coming this Summer