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HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION

Specialty Definition: HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION

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Computing

Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) The study of how humans interact with computers, and how to design computer systems that are easy, quick and productive for humans to use. See also Human-Computer Interface. HCI Sites (http://www.acm.org/sigchi/hci-sites/). (1999-05-09). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

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Specialty Definition: Human-computer interaction

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Human-computer interaction (HCI) is the study of interactions between people and computers. It is an interdisciplinary field, relating computer science, psychology, cognitive science, human factors engineering (ergonomics), sociology, library and information science, and other fields. One of the goals of the field is to make computers more user-friendly.

Although much of the practical work in HCI revolves around the design of graphical user interfaces, HCI is concerned with a number of topics, including

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Human-computer interaction."

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Crosswords: HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION

Specialty definitions using "HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION": HCI, Human-Computer Interface. (references)

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Commercial Usage: HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION

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Books

  • Haptic Human-Computer Interaction (reference)

  • The Human-Computer Interaction Handbook: Fundamentals, Evolving Technologies and Emerging Applications (Human Factors and Ergonomics) (reference)

  • Human-Computer Interaction (reference)

  • Symbiosis of Human and Artifact: Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, (Hci International '95), Tokyo, jap (reference)

  • Designing the User Interface: Strategies for Effective Human-Computer Interaction (reference)

    (more book examples)

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Modern Translation: HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION

Language Translations for "HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Dutch

  

MMI (man machine interface, man-machine interface, user/system interface), mens/machine-interactie. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

uman-computerhay interactionay

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Usage: Commercial
3. Translations: Modern
4. Bibliography


  

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