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HELP SYSTEM [1 record]

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Record 1 2004-09-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • School and School-Related Administration
DEF

The part of an interactive system responsible for providing the user with information about the workings of the program on request. Help can be obtained in a number of ways: by typing the word "help", by pressing a particular function key on the keyboard, or by using a mouse or other pointing device to select a "help" item from a menu.

CONT

A help system supports the user in handling and mastering an information processing system. ... A comprehensive help system not only answers questions of users, but also "looks over their shoulders" and interrupts when appropriate.

CONT

One of the problems with traditional assistance systems is that users have to often formulate their requests for help in terms of [Bstem commands and keywords which they may not remember or even know in the first place. ... An effective assistant must, therefore, have the capability to interpret user queries which are posed in natural language, so that users are not burdened wit the task of translating their requests in terms of system terminology.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Administration scolaire et parascolaire
DEF

Textes d'aide pour un programme d'application, incorporés à un système permettant, par exemple, de se déplacer à travers les différents textes vers l'avant et vers l'arrière. Il dispose également d'un index des sujets traités ainsi que de références à d'autres sujets. Contrairement aux fichiers d'aide habituels, un système d'aide est généralement piloté par des options particulières de menus.

CONT

Le système d'aide à l'utilisateur vise à réaliser une interface homme/machine intelligente qui assiste l'élève dans l'emploi du didacticiel. Son objectif principal est d'accélérer le temps d'apprentissage du logiciel. Un objectif secondaire du système d'aide est de réaliser un système sans manuel, c'est-à-dire un système où il n'est pas nécessaire d'avoir lu la documentation pour s'en servir.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Inteligencia artificial
  • Administración escolar y paraescolar
DEF

Parte de un sistema interactivo, responsable de ofrecer al usario la información solicitada sobre cómo trabajar con un programa.

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