Any application that allows the participants at distant locations to communicate with each other; may indicate two-way video and two-way audio; one-way video and two-way audio through a normal telephone call placed to the origination site; asynchronously (not in real time) as through computer conferencing such as an electronic mail system; or through interaction with a teaching machine such as a glossary/43 computer which is programmed to respond to the user with messages on the screen, voice or other sounds to indicate that an answer is right or wrong.
The active participation of the user in directing the flow of the computer or video program.
Characterized by conversational exchange of input and output, as when a user enters a question or command and the system immediately responds. the interactivity of microcomputers is one of the features that makes them approachable and easy to use.
A two-way cable system that has the capability to provide a subscriber with the ability to enter commands or responses on an in-home terminal and generate responses or stimuli at a remote location. an example of an interactive system would be order entry for pay-per-view the order information is transmitted upstream on the cable from the subscriber`s terminal to the headend, processed by a billing/authorization computer, and authorization to view a specific pay-per-view event is sent downstream to the subscriber`s terminal.
A dialog box that requires a response from the user. intermediary devices such as a security host require such a dialog box as an added layer of security between the client and the remote access server. in such dialog boxes, the user types an access code or a user name and password on the remote access terminal screen.
