7 Definition Of Terms 7.1. Company

7 Definition of terms 7.1. Company Group of people producing a product. 7.2. Team The collective group of people at the local site. 7.3. Client (IBM) The receivers of the completed Virtual Campus Map system. 7.4. Customer (Students) The students studying at Newcastle university . 7.5. Users The people who will be using the system. 7.6. Deliverables The finished system and documentation. 7.7. Documentation A collection of documents detailing instructions and maintenance of the system. 7.8. Roles The main areas of work that have to be undertaken by members of the team. 7.9. Stakeholders Anyone who is affected by the day to day use of the system. 7.10. Efficiency Maximising the performance of VCM application in the minimum amount of time and with minimum cost to the company and client. 7.11. Professional An individual who is experienced in their profession and adheres to a code of conduct. 7.12. Virtual Temporarily simulated or extended by computer software 7.13. Java SE Java Platform, Standard Edition or Java SE is a widely used platform for programming in the Java language. 7.14. Java class In object-oriented programming, a class is a programming language construct that is used as a blueprint to create objects. 7.15. GUI(Graphical User Interface) A user interface based on graphics (icons and pictures and menus) instead of text. 7.16. GPS(Global Positioning System) A navigational system involving satellites and computers that can determine the latitude and longitude of a receiver on Earth by computing the time difference for signals from different satellites to reach the receiver.