Any type of media that allows the user to influence and react to it.
Referring to programs or applications that respond directly to the user, taking instructions and giving feedback.
A computer that accepts input from a user via a mouse and/or keyboard and returns results immediately. Most modern computers are interactive. A non-interactive application would be one that, once started, would require no human intervention.
providing output based on input from the user. This output feeds back into the user's decision process for subsequent interaction. ...
A new term from the world of multimedia that refers to the explicit interaction between a user and a software package. ...
Allowing a continuous two-way transfer of information between a computer and its user.
Voter's Voice: the Watergate legacy
The program is run in a terminal window as a conversational program. That is, there is no graphic interface, but the user is prompted for ...
Refers to the fact that many texts (particularly those delivered via new technologies) have multiple paths and choices, inviting the reader to choose their path through the text. Interactive texts are rarely constructed to be read in linear sequence.
The property of a system that allows two-way communications on a timely if not real-time basis, as opposed to a system in which information flows only one way on a batch or scheduled basis.
Describes a system that responds to user input, ie, that interacts with users. (Definition from Distance Learning Resource Network.)
An interactive session allows users to enter commands and data at the terminal and receive an immediate response. Sessions are useful for data entry and retrieval, text editing, or program development when direct dialog with the computer is preferred.
Interactive projects include buttons and more than one scene. An example of an interactive project would be a presentation where the user could select from various options on a main menu. Interactive projects require that you make a Player (. ...
A program that is able to carry on a "conversation" with the operator. The program prompts the operator helping the user through a ...
essentially means "two-way". Interactive services give viewers the ability to communicate back to the cable company through their own television to choose programming, participate in games or buy goods and services.
A Web page is interactive when it prompts a response from the user or in some way can interact with the user dynamically (eg; filling out a form etc).
description of a computer or network system that responds in some way to information provided to it by a user. Thus an interactive program is one which can accept information and modify its behaviour while it is being run, for example a computer game. ...
Implying that the user of the software can exert some control over the software, and not just be a passive page-turner recipient. It also usually implies that part of the software design is aimed at adjusting to the needs of each individual user.
refers to an application or system that provides information in response to the user’s input.
a feature of a website, permitting the visitor to interact with the server.
synergistic: used especially of drugs or muscles that work together so the total effect is greater than the sum of the two (or more) interactional: capable of acting on or influencing each other
In the fields of information science, communication, and industrial design, there is debate over the meaning of Interactivity. ...
Acting with each other; Responding to the user
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