Call Number: An
identification marker consisting of letter and numbers used in libraries to
categorize books and other resources for easy retrieval and location. Items are
arranged on the book shelves by call number, so the call number can also be
termed as address of materials on the shelf.
Card Catalogue: A card file,
arranged by author, title, and subject, listing all items owned by a library.
Catalogue: A complete and
systematically organized enumeration of items found in the libraries.
Categorization: Grouping
together like concepts, entities, objects, resources, etc.
Central
Processing Unit: The Central
Processing Unit (CPU) is the brain of any computer system; all major
calculations and comparisons are made inside the CPU and it is also responsible
for activating and controlling the operations of other units of a computer
system. It guides, directs and controls a computer performance. It also
executes the instruction given to it. The CPU consists of the Arithmetic-Logic Unit
(ALU), control unit, registers, and basic Input-Output (I/O) and often other
hardware closely linked with these.
Chained Library: One in which
the books were chained to shelves or reading desks.
Circulation: The process of
checking books and other materials in and out of a library by the users.
Citations: A reference or
footnote to a published or unpublished source by providing essential details
about the work to enable its later retrieval by the users. The information like
author, title, publisher, year or date, volume, pages which identifies a source
of information for example a book or article are provided as a citation.
Class Number: The top or 1st
part of the call number which stands for artificial number assigned to the
content of the material as per a library classification system.
Classification: The arrangement
of subjects into certain categories.
Computer
Hardware:
The physical or mechanical parts of the computer system that can be seen and
touched are known as hardware. It consists of a combination and collection of
electro-mechanical and electronic components and devices, electronic circuits
and microelectronic equipment assembled in metal boxes in the form of modules
and cabinet.
Computer
Keyboard: Keyboards are the
most commonly used input devices usually having 83-84 keys and enhanced with
101 keys or even more. The enhanced keyboards are more popular.
Computer
Mouse: It is a hand-held
pointing device that allows controlling the computer without having to type the
instruction through keyboard. The scrolling mouse is a small unit with a round
ball at the bottom and with two depression switches at the upper top portion
having again a scroll button. Nowadays cord less as well as without scroll
ball-type of mouse are also available.
Computer
Output Unit: An output device
is any product or machine that is capable of bringing information for user
view. It presents the processed data or information to the user. It can be a
printed page, a picture in monitor, and so on. Anything which comes out of a
computer system is the output of it.
Computer
Printer: A computer printer,
or more commonly called the printer, is a device that produces a hard copy
(permanent human-readable text and/or graphics) of documents stored in
electronic form, usually on physical print media such as paper or
transparencies.
Computer
Scanner: Scanners are used to
store or feed an entire image / data or page of other information into the
computer system. Image scanner is a general-purpose device which digitizes a
two-dimensional image.
Computer
Software: The programmes written for a computer to perform different
operation are called software and it can be defined as the set of computer
programme, procedures and associated documentation or complete set of
instruction which enable the computer to obtain solution of a problem that
resides in the memory or storage device of a computer.
Computer: A computer is a
device that solves problems by applying prescribed operation on data entered
into it. It is a set of interacting elements, responding to input so as to produce
desire output.
Container: A box or holder
used for storing a bibliographic item, group of items, or part of an item.
Physically separable from its contents, a container can be open or lidded.
Contemporary: In the
antiquarian and used book trade, a work published within the most recent
decade.
Controlled
Vocabulary:
The standardization of words which may be used to search an index, abstract or
information database. A controlled vocabulary typically includes preferred and
variant terms and has a defined scope or describes a specific domain and is
used to index content and/or to retrieve content through browsing or searching.
Copyright: The legal right
granted to a copyright holder for the exclusive production, use, sale,
distribution or reproduction of a creative, musical or artistic work. It is a
form of intellectual property that prevents others from using a creative work
without consent of the owner.
Correspondence: Letters or
recorded messages exchanged between two or more people.
Countersunk: Said of a
depression stamped or impressed on the surface of a book cover to display a label,
inlay, or decoration.
Courier: A person or
service hired by a library to retrieve materials on request from an off-site
storage facility, or to transport materials from one library to another within
a library network, system or consortium, as opposed to relying on the postal
service or a commercial delivery service.
Cover: The outer
protective material attached to the bound leaves of a manuscript or printed
publication, consisting in books of two panels (front and back), each attached
to the inlay over the spine along a flexible joint. Books bound in paper,
cloth, or leather over boards are said to be published in hardcover. The cover
of a machine-bound book is called a case. Books bound in flexible paper covers
are called paperbacks.
Cracked: The condition
of a book that has developed one or longer, narrow breaks in the cover or down
the length of the spine.
Creator: The individual
or agency responsible for creating, receiving, producing records or documents.

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