### comprehensible social process | negotiation:

Collective bargaining
* are negotiation.
* assures the rights of teachers.
* can benefit residents and patients in several ways.
* complex process dealing with important interests.
* fluid process that requires flexibility.
* is among the most important issues in graduate medical education
  - an adversarial process that can get nasty
  - anti-democratic
  - basically the renegotiation of the union contract with a company
  - common in many sectors of the economy
  - nearly nonexistent, especially in the private sector
  - practiced widely, and unions are free of government control
  - protected by law and is widespread in practice
  - recognised in the Labour Relations Act and the Constitution
* is the expression in practice of freedom of association in the world of work
  - of citizenship in employment
  - lifeblood of the trade union movement
  - process by which a union gains a contract with an employer
  - where unions and their employers set pay scales and working conditions
* matter of power.
* occurs even though unions are small and fragmented
  - when workers allow the union to negotiate on their behalf
* power relationship.
* system that works for women.
* tool for addressing workplace concerns
  - used to determine work place conditions

Comprehension
* are understanding.
* comes about by listening to language in large quantities.
* complex combination of problem solving and high level linguistic ability.
* depends on one's aptitude for learning some basic ideas by immersion.
* focuses attention and does make sense.
* increases when students talk with others about what they have read or written.
* involves extrapolation which includes making predictions based on understanding ideas
  - interpretation which means explaining ideas and their importance
* involves the ability to distinguish between relevant and irrelevant information
  - construction of meaning based upon the prior knowledge of the learner
* is always impaired when children have difficulty concentrating.
* is an understanding
  - of oral and written language
  - basically a guessing game
  - clearly the goal of reading
  - critical in education
  - learned over a period of time
  - stressed in reading with two tests given each week
* is the ability to explain, interpret and extrapolate ideas, concepts and information
  - grasp the meaning of material
  - understand the meaning of material
  - aim of pronunciation for students
  - basic level of understanding
  - gateway to critical thinking
  - main purpose of reading
  - product of prior knowledge and the ability to integrate new information
* is the second level of academic performance
  - of the three elements of the informed consent process
  - ultimate purpose of reading
* requires inferencing, which plays a central role in reasoning and problem solving.

### computer files:

Configuration file
* are computer files.
* text file describes servlet's settings.

### computer games:

Action game
* are computer games
  - the number one genre of game that is being played on a daily basis
* involve hand and eye skill under time pressure, strategy and problem solving.

Sports game
* Most sports games use motion-capture technology to accurately simulate the human body in motion.
* are computer games

### computer graphics:

Clip art
* Most clip art is also of younger people or people who look very elderly.
* computer graphics
* is art that is in the public-domain
  - made and sold for reproduction use
  - used when custom art is judged unnecessary or too expensive

### computer networks:

Bus network
* are computer networks.
* use a common cable which is shared by all devices.

### computer viruses:

Boot virus
* Many boot viruses are on the endangered species list.
* are computer viruses.
* infect boot sectors of diskettes and hard disks.