*Some of these glossary definitions have been adapted and reproduced by permission of The
American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Many computer and Web-related definitions have been contributed by Jason Snart, College of DuPage.
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target population A group that
conclusions are drawn about based on statistical sampling and inductive
reasoning.
telnet An Internet
communications procedure or system that enables a computer to function as a
terminal working from a remote computer.
testimony A declaration
by a witness under oath, such as that given before a court or deliberative
body.
theist moral theory A
theory of morality that holds that “right” and “wrong” are determined by a
supernatural Supreme Being (“God”).
theory (1) A
plausible or coherent scenario that has yet to be applied to experience.
theory (2) A set of statements or principles devised
to explain a group of facts or phenomena, normally involving a number of
interconnected hypotheses.
thesis A proposition
that is maintained by argument;the issue on which an argument takes position.
thinking A purposeful,
organized cognitive process used to understand the world and make informed
decisions.
thinking creatively Using the
thinking process to develop ideas that are unique, useful, and worthy of
further elaboration.
thinking critically Carefully
exploring the thinking process to clarify one’s understanding and make more
intelligent decisions; the cognitive process that carefully examines one’s
thinking (and the thinking of others) to clarify and improve one’s
understanding.
total meaning In
linguistics, the meaning of a word composed of the semantic meaning, perceptual
meaning, syntactic meaning, and pragmatic meaning.
two wrongs make a right A fallacy
that attempts to justify a morally questionable action by arguing that it is a
response to another wrong action, either real or imagined.
