Scope: terms, technologies, standards
The atlas holds three kinds of record: the terms you hear in daily life, such as processor, resolution and bandwidth; the technologies working in the background, such as types of wireless connection, encryption and cloud architecture; and the standards you see printed on product boxes. Each record answers three questions. What is this? Where will you meet it? And why does it matter to you?
Filters and the links between records
You can sift the records by subject area: connectivity, storage, image and sound, security, software. The terms are tied to one another, so by moving from one record to the related ones you can weave the surroundings of a subject step by step. If you meet these terms while choosing a device, the Devices Atlas is beside you, and for security terms the Cyber Threats Atlas is.
The language of the definitions
Every definition is built first in everyday language, with an analogy or an example; technical precision is added only as far as you need it. If you read a definition and still ask "so what does this mean for me?", that record has not done its job; you can report such cases through the Support Centre. For those who want to learn the concepts in sequence, the Technology section and the Academy offer a more structured route.