Please keep these entries sorted lexically. Entries should not try to be completely definitive -- the idea is merely to clarify //our// usage of these terms within this project.

^ Term   ^ Definition       ^
|Arduino | Arduino is an open-source electronics prototyping platform. See http://www.arduino.cc/ |
|Game    | An application that can queue for a playground as though it was a player |
|HTTP    | HyperText Transfer Protocol: the standard for requesting and receiving pages (and other objects) from a Web server|
|LED     | Light Emitting Diode|
|Playground | A __physical__ installation which can be controlled (played with) through different UIs |
|PTTP    | Power To The People: A standard protocol for public control of installations (playgrounds) in public spaces      |
|Toy     | A self-contained set of sprites controlled through an XML socket interface in a Flash projection Playground |
|UI      | User Interface: a means for users to control something. E.g. via a Web browser, or a mobile phone. Not necessarily graphical -- i.e. could be sound-activated, or a dance mat etc.    |
|Wiki    |An easy-to-edit Web site designed for collaborative sharing of information|