Vocabulary

• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• have to: Must do
• set to: To energetically begin to do, e.g. making a fire
• interact with
• switch on: To put something electrical on or off
• go ahead: To start an activity; start doing, working etc.
• cool down: To become cooler; to reduce in temperature.
• look back: To think about past events
• pretty clearly: In a manner that is very obvious or easy to understand.
• on top of that: In addition to something already mentioned; furthermore.
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• on demand: Whenever requested or needed.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• go after: To chase or pursue something
• step back: To move backwards; to move away from something.
• at work: Located at one's place of employment
• turn off
• Internet: Worldwide computer network system
• thing: (Used to introduce the reason for something)
• home: House, apartment or building to be rented or sold
• light: To cause something to burn; put a burning match to
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• business: A company formed for making profit
• exciting: To cause a reaction; make active
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• big: Popular
• house: Place where a specific activity or business occurs
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• sit: To take an exam
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• building: To establish e.g. a reputation, over time
• office: Room or building used for business
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• software: Computer applications and systems
• platform: Flat, raised structure that people stand on
• customer: Someone who buys goods or services from a business
• temperature: When you your body heat is above normal
• net: Remaining amount after something is taken away
• wild: In a manner which lacks control
• area: Amount of measured space
• west: Person's name
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• technology: Use or knowledge of science in industry etc.
• hardware: Physical parts of a computer, machine or device
• smart: Fashionable; well-dressed; well-groomed
• sensing: To perceive using sight, sound, taste touch etc.
• environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
• energy: Physical or mental strength
• networking: To join a group of computers together
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• intelligent: Smart; able to think and reason
• dramatic: Gripping the attention; causing an effect
• communication: Talking to people; giving information to people
• connect: To associate a thing with something else
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• success: Achievement of a desired purpose or goal
• period: Set amount of time during which events take place
• data: Facts or information used to calculate or analyze
• enable: To make it possible to do something
• lighting: To cause something to burn; put a burning match to
• consumer: Person who buys goods or services
• implement: To start to do something you plan to do
• processing: To organize and use data in a computer
• ultimately: Done or considered as the final and most important
• standard: Official unit of measuring something
• understanding: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• specific: Precise; particular; just about that thing
• redefine: To give a new explanation of or reason for
• innovation: Process of creating new ideas or inventions
• simplify: To make something easier to do, use or understand
• sacrifice: Person/animal killed in a sacrifice (to a god)
• vertically: In an up and down position
• resolution: End part of a story resolving the conflict
• devise: To think of and plan something
• occupancy: Act of taking possession of a building
• sensor: Device that detects movement or physical stimuli
• stack: A large number or amount of something
• thermostat: Instrument that controls temperature in buildings
• smartphone: A telephone that has applications
• firmware: Coded instructions stored permanently in memory
• proprietary: Protected by trademark, patent or copyright
• embed: To place or set inside rock, etc.