COMPUTER LITERACY

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COMPUTER LITERACY

Specialty Definition: COMPUTER LITERACY

Domain	Definition
Computing	Computer literacy Basic skill in use of computers, from the perspective of such skill being a necessary societal skill. The term was coined by Andrew Molnar, while director of the Office of Computing Activities at the National Science Foundation. "We started computer literacy in '72 [...] We coined that phrase. It's sort of ironic. Nobody knows what computer literacy is. Nobody can define it. And the reason we selected [it] was because nobody could define it, and [...] it was a broad enough term that you could get all of these programs together under one roof" (cited in Aspray, W., (September 25, 1991) "Interview with Andrew Molnar," OH 234. Center for the History of Information Processing, Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota). The term, as a coinage, is similar to earlier coinages, such as "visual literacy", which Merriam-Webster (http://www.m-w.com/) dates to 1971, and the more recent "media literacy". (1998-09-07). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
Health	General learning, knowledge, and fluency with computer terms; also, becoming familiar with how computers operate and how they are programmed. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Commercial Usage: COMPUTER LITERACY

Domain	Title
Books	Computer Literacy for Middle Management (reference) Computer Literacy With Microsoft Office 2000 (reference) Introduction to Information and Computer Literacy; With Microsoft Windows 95 and Microsoft Office 97 (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Computer Literacy Newsletter (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Basic Computer Literacy (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Non-Fiction Usage: COMPUTER LITERACY

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Argentina	Argentina's computer literacy is high. (references)
	Malaysia	The government is also emphasizing the importance of computer literacy among Malaysians and focusing on continuing education programs to prepare the nation for global competition ahead. (references)
	Romania	Computer literacy and good English language skills of the population, the existence of a widespread cable TV network (about 3 million subscribers) and the very good penetration of mobile telephony (about 9%) as a basis for mobile Internet are factors which will support increased Internet access. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Frequency of Internet Keywords: COMPUTER LITERACY

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
computer literacy	87
computer literacy press	7
60 computer literacy minutes	5
computer literacy test	4
computer literacy book store	4
basic computer literacy	4
computer literacy tutorial	3
adult computer literacy	2
computer literacy meaning	2
computer literacy course	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Modern Translation: COMPUTER LITERACY

Language		Translations for "COMPUTER LITERACY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Dutch		burgerinformatica. (various references)

Pig Latin		omputercay iteracylay
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Misspellings: COMPUTER LITERACY

Misspellings
	"COMPUTER LITERACY" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: compuer literacy. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Anagrams: COMPUTER LITERACY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-c-e-e-i-l-m-o-p-r-r-t-t-u-y"
	-4 letters: pyroelectric, reticulocyte.
	-5 letters: calorimeter, calorimetry, circulatory, circumpolar, cryptomeria, imprecatory, meritocracy, myoelectric, plutocratic, polarimeter, polarimetry, prematurely, prematurity, protractile, reciprocate, recirculate, temporality, temporarily.
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INDEX

1. Usage: Commercial
2. Quotations: Non-fiction
3. Expressions: Internet
4. Translations: Modern

5. Derivations
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography

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