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What is the difference between a Xoogler and a Noogler?

A Noogler is a “new Googler,” or a new employee of Google. Former Google employee, or Xoogler, Doug Edwards claims to have invented the term. From 1999 to 2005, Doug Edwards was director of consumer marketing and brand management for Google. Other work experience includes stints as online brand group manager for the San Jose Mercury News, communications director for …

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What is sunlighting?

A take-off from moonlighting – which means taking up a second job in the evening – sunlighting means taking time off from one’s day job to fit in other work and be paid for it. Sunlighting has a slightly adverse meaning: a person takes up a second job, and it begins interfering with the first job. Sometimes, moonlighting stretches into …

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What is Soundbite TV?

Children who are hooked to the television show an inability to concentrate in class during an in-depth lesson, say some teachers. They blame it on ‘soundbite TV’ – the fast pace of television. Fed a diet of sound and visuals, these children display very short attention spans and struggle to focus in class. Teachers also complain that such children are …

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What is pink noise?

Pink noise, also known as 1/f noise, is a sound that has equal energy in all octaves. It primarily consists of low frequency sounds. Due to practical constraints, pink noise can be produced only over a certain range of frequencies and occurs naturally. Astronauts listening to electromagnetic radiation in outer space have noted it being emitted from certain stars. In …

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What is neurolaw?

Neurolaw is a new discipline that studies the effect of neuroscientific evidence on law and legal cases. It also sets standards as to how nueroscience should be used in relation to the legal system. It is believed that neurolaw could play a more decisive role in cases involving rape and murder, where detection of the truth becomes imperative. Proponents of …

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What is FIR?

First Information Report (FIR) is a written document prepared by the police when they receive information about the commission of a cognizable offence. It is a report of information that reaches the police first in point of time and that is why it is called the First Information Report. It is generally a complaint lodged with the police by the …

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What is edupunk?

It is an education reform movement in which traditional methods of teaching are set aside for a self-study approach, involving online technology – through virtual classrooms, downloadable tools and free learning material – as the favoured mode for education People taking to edupunk believe in a do-it-yourself approach and many are driven to this sort of low-cost, even free education, …

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