Description

Book Synopsis

"Digital age", "digital society", "digital civilization": many expressions are used to describe the major cultural transformation of our contemporary societies.

Digital Dictionary presents the multiple facets of this phenomenon, which was born of computers and continues to permeate all human activity as it progresses at a rapid pace. In this multidisciplinary work, experts, academics and practitioners invite us to discover the digital world from various technological and societal perspectives.

In this book, citizens, trainers, political leaders or association members, students and users will find a base of knowledge that will allow them to update their understanding and become stakeholders in current societal changes.



Table of Contents

Introduction xi
Marie CAULI, Laurence FAVIER and Jean-Yves JEANNAS

A 1

Accessibility 1
Nathalie Pinède

Agricultural Robotics 4
Philippe Le Guern

Anthropology 10
Marie Cauli

Art and Robotics 14
Philippe Le Guern

Artificial Intelligence 18
Jean-Michel Loubes

B 23

Between Digital Transformation and Cultural Evolution 23
Ilham Mekrami-Guggenheim

Blockchain 25
Jean-Paul Delahaye

Brain-Computer Interfaces 28
Frédéric Dehais and Fabien Lotte

C 33

Coding 33
Nicolas Pettiaux

Communication 35
Serge Tisseron

Community 37
Edwige Pierot

Computer 40
Laurent Bloch

Computer Science 42
Jean-Pierre Archambault

Computer Security 47
Gérard Berry

Contributory Economy 50
François Elie

Contributory Governance 55
Michel Briand

Course Guidance 58
Francis Danvers

Critical Thinking (Education for) 61
Marie Cauli

Crowdsourcing 65
Laurence Favier

D 69

Data Economy 69
Bruno Deffains

Data, Information, Knowledge 73
Serge Abiteboul

Digital Commons 76
Sébastien Shulz

Digital Humanities 79
Joana Casenave

Digital Inclusion 83
Vincent Meyer

Digital Skills Repositories 87
Jean-Yves Jeannas

Digital Sovereignty 90
François Pellegrini

Digital Transition 94
Vincent Meyer

Disability 98
Nathalie Pinède

Diversity 101
Samia Ghozlane

E 105

Eco-digital Responsibility 105
Jean-Yves Jeannas and Marie Cauli

Educational Digital Technology 109
Valèse Mapto Kengne

Electronic Voting 113
Chantal Enguehard

Empathy 118
Serge Tisseron

Ethics 121
Gilles Dowek

F 125

File Formats 125
Jean-Yves Jeannas

Formal Language 128
Gilles Dowek

Free and Open Source Software 132
Jean-Yves Jeannas

Free Licenses 135
Jean-Yves Jeannas

Free Software (in French National Education) 139
Jean-Pierre Archambault

H 145

Habitele 145
Dominique Boullier

Hacking 148
Éric Zufferey

Health Data 151
Marie Cauli

Human-system 155
Julien Cegarra and Jordan Navarro

I 161

Indexing 161
Ismaïl Timimi

Information Ethics 164
Widad Mustafa El Hadi

Innovation 170
Serge Miranda and Manel Guechtouli

Interoperability 174
Fabrice Papy

Intimacy/extimacy 176
Serge Tisseron

IT (in General Education) 179
Jacques Baudé

IT (Teaching of) 183
Jean-Pierre Archambault

J 187

Jim Gray's Paradigm 187
Serge Miranda and Manel Guechtouli

K 191

Knowledge Organization 191
Widad Mustafa El Hadi

L 197

Law (Professions of -) 197
Christophe Mondou

Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems 201
Thierry Berthier and Gérard de Boisboissel

Library 206
Laure Delrue and Julien Roche

M 211

Medical Imaging 211
Marie Cauli and Jean-Pierre Pruvo

Medicine, Health 216
Marie Cauli and Jean-Pierre Pruvo

mHealth 220
Bruno Boidin

Military Robotics 224
Thierry Berthier and Gérard de Boisboissel

Mobiquity 229
Serge Miranda and Manel Guechtouli

MOOCs 231
Serge Miranda and Manel Guechtouli

Museums 234
Corinne Baujard

O 239

Open Science (Dissemination) 239
Julien Roche

Open Science (Origins) 243
Julien Roche

P 247

Predictive Justice 247
Bruno Deffains

Processors 251
Laurent Bloch

Proprietary Licenses 255
Juliette Sénéchal

R 261

Rob'Autisme 261
Sophie Sakka

Rob'Éduc 264
Sophie Sakka

Robotics and Society 267
Sophie Sakka

Routing 269
Laurent Bloch

S 275

Science Fiction 275
Guy Thuillier

Seniors (the Internet) 279
Aline Chevalier and Mylène Sanchiz

Smart City 283
Ornella Zaza

Social Contract 287
Bruno Deffains

Social Network 291
Zhenfei Feng

Sociotics 293
Vincent Meyer

Source Code 297
Roberto Di Cosmo

Surveillance Capitalism 300
Christophe Masutti

Surveillance Studies 303
Christophe Masutti

T 309

Training 309
Samia Ghozlane

W 313

Web 2.0 313
Zhenfei Feng

Work 316
Sarah Abdelnour and Dominique Méda

Glossary 321

List of Authors 329

Index 333

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      Publisher: ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons Inc
      Publication Date: 15/09/2022
      ISBN13: 9781786307880, 978-1786307880
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      "Digital age", "digital society", "digital civilization": many expressions are used to describe the major cultural transformation of our contemporary societies.

      Digital Dictionary presents the multiple facets of this phenomenon, which was born of computers and continues to permeate all human activity as it progresses at a rapid pace. In this multidisciplinary work, experts, academics and practitioners invite us to discover the digital world from various technological and societal perspectives.

      In this book, citizens, trainers, political leaders or association members, students and users will find a base of knowledge that will allow them to update their understanding and become stakeholders in current societal changes.



      Table of Contents

      Introduction xi
      Marie CAULI, Laurence FAVIER and Jean-Yves JEANNAS

      A 1

      Accessibility 1
      Nathalie Pinède

      Agricultural Robotics 4
      Philippe Le Guern

      Anthropology 10
      Marie Cauli

      Art and Robotics 14
      Philippe Le Guern

      Artificial Intelligence 18
      Jean-Michel Loubes

      B 23

      Between Digital Transformation and Cultural Evolution 23
      Ilham Mekrami-Guggenheim

      Blockchain 25
      Jean-Paul Delahaye

      Brain-Computer Interfaces 28
      Frédéric Dehais and Fabien Lotte

      C 33

      Coding 33
      Nicolas Pettiaux

      Communication 35
      Serge Tisseron

      Community 37
      Edwige Pierot

      Computer 40
      Laurent Bloch

      Computer Science 42
      Jean-Pierre Archambault

      Computer Security 47
      Gérard Berry

      Contributory Economy 50
      François Elie

      Contributory Governance 55
      Michel Briand

      Course Guidance 58
      Francis Danvers

      Critical Thinking (Education for) 61
      Marie Cauli

      Crowdsourcing 65
      Laurence Favier

      D 69

      Data Economy 69
      Bruno Deffains

      Data, Information, Knowledge 73
      Serge Abiteboul

      Digital Commons 76
      Sébastien Shulz

      Digital Humanities 79
      Joana Casenave

      Digital Inclusion 83
      Vincent Meyer

      Digital Skills Repositories 87
      Jean-Yves Jeannas

      Digital Sovereignty 90
      François Pellegrini

      Digital Transition 94
      Vincent Meyer

      Disability 98
      Nathalie Pinède

      Diversity 101
      Samia Ghozlane

      E 105

      Eco-digital Responsibility 105
      Jean-Yves Jeannas and Marie Cauli

      Educational Digital Technology 109
      Valèse Mapto Kengne

      Electronic Voting 113
      Chantal Enguehard

      Empathy 118
      Serge Tisseron

      Ethics 121
      Gilles Dowek

      F 125

      File Formats 125
      Jean-Yves Jeannas

      Formal Language 128
      Gilles Dowek

      Free and Open Source Software 132
      Jean-Yves Jeannas

      Free Licenses 135
      Jean-Yves Jeannas

      Free Software (in French National Education) 139
      Jean-Pierre Archambault

      H 145

      Habitele 145
      Dominique Boullier

      Hacking 148
      Éric Zufferey

      Health Data 151
      Marie Cauli

      Human-system 155
      Julien Cegarra and Jordan Navarro

      I 161

      Indexing 161
      Ismaïl Timimi

      Information Ethics 164
      Widad Mustafa El Hadi

      Innovation 170
      Serge Miranda and Manel Guechtouli

      Interoperability 174
      Fabrice Papy

      Intimacy/extimacy 176
      Serge Tisseron

      IT (in General Education) 179
      Jacques Baudé

      IT (Teaching of) 183
      Jean-Pierre Archambault

      J 187

      Jim Gray's Paradigm 187
      Serge Miranda and Manel Guechtouli

      K 191

      Knowledge Organization 191
      Widad Mustafa El Hadi

      L 197

      Law (Professions of -) 197
      Christophe Mondou

      Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems 201
      Thierry Berthier and Gérard de Boisboissel

      Library 206
      Laure Delrue and Julien Roche

      M 211

      Medical Imaging 211
      Marie Cauli and Jean-Pierre Pruvo

      Medicine, Health 216
      Marie Cauli and Jean-Pierre Pruvo

      mHealth 220
      Bruno Boidin

      Military Robotics 224
      Thierry Berthier and Gérard de Boisboissel

      Mobiquity 229
      Serge Miranda and Manel Guechtouli

      MOOCs 231
      Serge Miranda and Manel Guechtouli

      Museums 234
      Corinne Baujard

      O 239

      Open Science (Dissemination) 239
      Julien Roche

      Open Science (Origins) 243
      Julien Roche

      P 247

      Predictive Justice 247
      Bruno Deffains

      Processors 251
      Laurent Bloch

      Proprietary Licenses 255
      Juliette Sénéchal

      R 261

      Rob'Autisme 261
      Sophie Sakka

      Rob'Éduc 264
      Sophie Sakka

      Robotics and Society 267
      Sophie Sakka

      Routing 269
      Laurent Bloch

      S 275

      Science Fiction 275
      Guy Thuillier

      Seniors (the Internet) 279
      Aline Chevalier and Mylène Sanchiz

      Smart City 283
      Ornella Zaza

      Social Contract 287
      Bruno Deffains

      Social Network 291
      Zhenfei Feng

      Sociotics 293
      Vincent Meyer

      Source Code 297
      Roberto Di Cosmo

      Surveillance Capitalism 300
      Christophe Masutti

      Surveillance Studies 303
      Christophe Masutti

      T 309

      Training 309
      Samia Ghozlane

      W 313

      Web 2.0 313
      Zhenfei Feng

      Work 316
      Sarah Abdelnour and Dominique Méda

      Glossary 321

      List of Authors 329

      Index 333

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