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Shoulder protraction When the shoulders are drawn forward (anterior to the trunk).
Shoulder retraction When the shoulders are drawn backward (posterior to the trunk).
Slave Device or process that is controlled, along with other devices or processes, by a single device or
process (known as a master).
SPIU Specialist peripheral interface unit of an ECS
Technology acceptance model (TAM) Model outlining the factors that influence the use and acceptance
of technology. Key factors include perceived ease of use (how easy it will be to use) and perceived use-
fulness (how useful it will be for its purpose).
Telecare Term for offering remote care of older and physically less able people, providing the care and
reassurance needed to allow them to remain living independently in their own home.
Telehealth Collection of means or methods for enhancing health care, public health, and health educa-
tion delivery and support by using telecommunications technologies.
Temporal lobe One of the four lobes of the human brain (frontal, parietal, temporal, and occipital); tem-
poral lobe is located at both sides of the cerebrum below the lateral fissure.
Topology Arrangement of a network, including its nodes and connecting lines.
Transceiver Device that can both transmit and receive communications, in particular a combined radio
transmitter and receiver.
Twisted pair Type of wiring in which two conductors of a single circuit are twisted together for the pur-
poses of cancelling out electromagnetic interference (EMI) from external sources.
Vascular dementia Degenerative disease caused by problems in the blood supply to the brain. Commonly,
this is a series of minor strokes that lead to incremental cognitive decline.
Web Accessibility Field and practice of making information and services accessed over the Internet more
accessible to those with disabilities.
WiFi Radio transmission to allow localised remote access to Internet or IT network.
WiFi Set of media access control and physical layer specifications for implementing wireless local area
network computer communication; this allows remote operations.
WiFi hub Control hub for control of appliances in the home connected by WiFi.
Wordpredict Suggested predictions of the word being typed, as each letter is added.