Glossary



**ADVERTISEMENT: commercial information designed to attract attention.**



**DISPLAY AD: Print advertising that is located throughout a publication and that utilizes size, color, illustrations, photographs, and various decorations and typography to attract the reader's attention.**



**E-ZINE: An electronic magazine, whether delivered via a Web site or an email newsletter.**



**PLAGIARISM: the unauthorized use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author andthe representation of them as one's own original work.**



 **METAVERSE: s our collective online shared space, created by the convergence of virtually enhanced physical reality and physically persistent virtual space, including the sum of all virtual worlds, augmented reality, and the internet. The word metaverse is a portmanteau of the prefix "meta" (meaning "beyond") and "universe".**



**CAD (computer-aided design): software used in art and architecture and engineering and manufacturing to assist in precision drawing.**



**BIM (Building Information Modeling): is the process of generating and managing building data during its life cycle.**



 **SUMMIT: a meeting of heads of experts on a theme.**



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<span style="color: #7ab224; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**CROSSDISCIPLINE: from different disciplines, multidisciplinary**

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<span style="color: #7ab224; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**INNOVATION: introducing something new**

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<span style="color: #7ab224; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: justify;"> **PODCAST: is a series of digital media files (either audio or video) that are released episodically and often downloaded through web syndication.**

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<span style="color: #7ab224; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**ARTIFACT: a man-made object**

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<span style="color: #7ab224; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**BIOMEDICAL: relationship between science and medicine.**

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<span style="color: #7ab224; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**CROSSOVER: combining elements of different characteristics**

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<span style="color: #7ab224; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**BIOPOLIS: a World-class Research Complex.**

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<span style="color: #7ab224; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: justify;">**SPONSOR: One that pays all or part of the cost of an event, a publication, or a media program, usually in exchange for advertising time.**

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<span style="color: #7ab224; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**MOCK-UP: is a scale or full-size model of a design or device, used for teaching, demonstration, design evaluation, promotion, and other purposes.**




 * <span style="color: #7ab224; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">FEEDBACK: Describes the situation when output from (or information about the result of) an event or phenomenon in the past will influence an occurrence or occurrences of the same (i.e. same defined) event / phenomenon (or the continuation / development of the original phenomenon) in the present or future. **

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 * <span style="color: #7ab224; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">TRIAL: In law, a trial is when parties to a dispute come together to present information (in the form of evidence) in a tribunal, a formal setting with the authority to adjudicate claims or disputes. **