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IconsIt is usually a pictorial representation (Merriam-Webster online dictionary). An icon can be a metaphor when such a metaphor is appropriate. When a metaphor cannot be found for an icon, the design of such an icon will take special effort in term of user testing. |
information artifactSee artifact. |
information processingWithin cognitive science, problem solving is seen as an information-processing activity [See computational metaphor (of cognition)], in which encoded information is acted on and transformed in the resolution of a goal held by a cognitive entity. |
information psychophysicsThe application of visual psychophysical techniques to perception of information conveyed through a visual representation. |
information scentThe relation of environmental cues in the environment (such as bibliographic citations, or World Wide Web link text) to users’ assessments of the value of information sources. |
information visualizationsThe use of computer-supported, interactive, visual representations of abstract data to amplify cognition. |
information-foraging theoryA framework that employs an adaptationist methodology to develop quantitative and computational psychological models of user strategies for seeking, gathering, and consuming information. |
informational equivalenceTwo representations that contain the same information. See also computational equivalence. |
inheritancea technique used in object-oriented programming to share attributes and behavior among related classes; superclasses specify common behaviors, and subclasses extend the superclasses with specialized attributes or behaviors |
interaction design (ID)mechanisms for accessing and manipulating the elements of an information design to facilitate the user’s goal selection, action planning, and action execution |