Difference between revisions of "Context"
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Noun - '''context''' (uncountable) | Noun - '''context''' (uncountable) | ||
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*1. the text in which a word or passage appears and which helps ascertain its meaning | *1. the text in which a word or passage appears and which helps ascertain its meaning | ||
*2. the surroundings, circumstances, environment, background or settings which determine, specify, or clarify the meaning of an event | *2. the surroundings, circumstances, environment, background or settings which determine, specify, or clarify the meaning of an event | ||
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In what context did your attack on him happen? - We had a pretty tense relationship at the time, and when he insulted me I snapped. | In what context did your attack on him happen? - We had a pretty tense relationship at the time, and when he insulted me I snapped. | ||
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Antonym - isolation [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/context] | Antonym - isolation [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/context] | ||
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'''Context''' may refer to: | '''Context''' may refer to: |
Revision as of 22:04, 5 August 2008
Noun - context (uncountable)
- 1. the text in which a word or passage appears and which helps ascertain its meaning
- 2. the surroundings, circumstances, environment, background or settings which determine, specify, or clarify the meaning of an event
In what context did your attack on him happen? - We had a pretty tense relationship at the time, and when he insulted me I snapped.
Antonym - isolation [1]
Context may refer to:
- ConTeXt, a macro package for the TeX typesetting system
- ConTEXT, a Windows text editor
- Context (language use), the relevant constraints of the communicative situation that influence language use, language variation and discourse
- Context (computing), the virtual environment required to suspend a running software program
- Context (convention), an annual science fiction, fantasy and horror convention in Columbus, Ohio
- Archaeological context, an event in time which has been preserved in the archaeological record
Context may also be used for:
- Context analysis, analysis of the environment in which a business operates
- Context awareness, ability for computers to adjust to the natural environment
- Context menu, usability improvement based on context awareness
- Context mixing, a type of data compression algorithm
- Context principle, philosophy of language
- Context Sensitive Solutions, transportation
- Context theory, theory of how environmental design and planning of new development should relate to its context
- Contextualization, a translation approach that is not literal; predominately used in regards to Bible translations
- Trama (context or flesh), the mass of non-hymenial tissues that composes the mass of a fungal fruiting body
- Low context culture
- High context culture [2]