22 of the Digital Society glossary’s terms, each with the part of the syllabus where you first meet it.
The use of game elements, such as points, badges, levels, streaks and leaderboards, in non-game activities such as learning, to increase motivation and engagement.
An organisation that controls an important point of access between businesses and users, such as a search engine or app store. Under the EU Digital Markets Act it is also a legal status given to very large platforms, which must follow extra rules.
The state in which people of all genders have equal rights, responsibilities, opportunities and treatment, so that a person's gender does not limit their life chances.
The ways a person shows their gender to others, for example through clothing, hairstyle, voice, behaviour, name and pronouns, which may or may not match social expectations for their sex or gender identity.
The European Union's data protection law, in force since May 2018, which sets rules for handling the personal data of people in the EU and gives them rights such as access and erasure.
The ability of a trained machine learning model to make accurate predictions on new, unseen data, not only on the examples it was trained on.
Differences in values, behaviour and experience between people of different generations, which in a digital society often appear as differences in how, how much and why they use digital systems.
Stages in the history of computers, each marked by a major change in the underlying technology: vacuum tubes, transistors, integrated circuits, microprocessors and artificial intelligence.
AI that produces new content, such as text, images, music, video or code, by learning the patterns in very large amounts of existing content and generating new examples in response to a prompt.
Restricting access to online content or services according to the user's geographic location, usually detected from the IP address of their device.
Setting up a virtual boundary around a real-world area so that a digital system responds, for example by sending an alert or blocking an action, when a device enters, leaves or stays in that area.
A computer system for capturing, storing, analysing and displaying data linked to locations on the Earth's surface, usually as layers on a map that share the same coordinates.
A labour market in which people are paid per task or gig, such as a ride or a delivery, usually found through a digital platform, instead of receiving a regular wage from one employer.
A US-owned satellite navigation system in which receivers calculate their position on Earth by measuring the time taken for signals to arrive from several satellites.
Buying goods, parts, materials or services from suppliers in whichever countries offer the best combination of cost, quality and speed, often coordinated through digital supply-chain systems.
The growing interconnection of economies, cultures and societies across the world through trade, investment, the movement of people and the flow of data.
The processes, rules and institutions through which decisions are made and authority is exercised over a community, including the roles of governments, companies, international organisations and civil society.
An interface in which users interact with visual elements, such as windows, icons, menus and buttons, using a pointer or touch.
A processor designed to perform many simple calculations at the same time, originally to draw images and video on a screen and now also used to train AI models.
Designing, making, using and disposing of computers and other digital systems in ways that reduce their environmental impact, for example by saving energy, using renewable power, extending device life and recycling safely.
Releases of gases such as carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide that trap heat in the atmosphere; they are usually measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) so that different gases can be compared.
Making misleading or unsupported claims about the environmental benefits of a product, service or organisation, so that it appears more sustainable than it is.