| AI (Artificial Intelligence) | The simulation of human intelligence by a computer. |
| Browser | A GUI that allows users to access WWW documents over the Internet. |
| CGI (Common Gateway Interface): | The standard method for computers to receive input from users on the WWW. |
| fitness function: | A formula or method for providing a relative measurement of the quality or worthiness of an individual in an artificial intelligence application. |
| Genetic Algorithm: | A method of machine learning based on the simulation of Darwinian evolution and natural selection. It involves using a fitness function to rate a group of individual identities, each having a defining "genetic" formula or code. The fitness function is applied repeatedly to the individuals who may survive to the next generation, be replaced by a new individual, or cross-breed and mutate their genetic codes with other individuals. The method for determining survival of individual genes varies between implementations. |
| GUI (Graphical User Interface): | A method of displaying information to a user with pictures, icons and text, and collecting user input, usually by means of a "point and click" device such as a mouse. |
| HTML (HyperText Markup Language): | A simple markup language for the creation and formatting of hypertext. |
| hypertext: | A text-based approach for the display of information and navigation to associated topics. |
| Internet: | Millions of computers around the world networked together for the exchange of information and communication. |
| machine learning: | A sub-field of artificial intelligence dedicated to the computer simulation of learning. |
| WWW (World Wide Web): | The sum total of all hypertext and hypermedia based information files on the Internet. |