Computer application in English language teaching: Homework 1

These are the abbreviations I have learnt in class.

IT (Information Technology) is the application of computers to store, retrieve, transmit and manipulate data, often in the context of a business or other enterprise.
ICT (Information and Communication Technology) is an extended term for information technology (IT) which stresses the role of unified communications and the integration of telecommunications, computers as well as necessary enterprise software, middleware, storage, and audio-visual systems, which enable users to access, store, transmit, and manipulate information.
CAI (Computer Assisted Instruction) is the use of the computer as a tool to facilitate and improve instruction. CAI programs use tutorials, drill and practice, simulation, and problem solving approaches to present topics, and they test the student's understanding.
CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning) is the search for and study of applications of the computer in language teaching and learning.
CMC (Computer Mediated Communication) is defined as any human communication that occurs through the use of two or more electronic devices.
TELL (Technology-enhanced language Learning) is the use of the computer as a technological innovation to display multimedia as a means of complementing a teaching method langauge teachers.
WBI (Web-based Instruction) is teaching and learning supported by the attributes and resources of the Internet.
MUDs (Multi-user Dungeon / Multi-user Dimension) is a multiplayer real-time virtual world, usually text-based. MUDs combine elements of role-playing games, hack and slash, player versus player, interactive fiction, and online chat.
MOOs (Multiple Domain Object Oriented) is MOOs are network accessible, multi-user, programmable, interactive systems well-suited to the construction of text-based adventure games, conferencing systems, and other collaborative software.