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Whyville is an educational Internet site geared towards children from ages 8–14+ founded and managed by Numedeon, Inc. [1]

33 relations: ACT (test), Adobe Flash, Avatar (computing), Bankinter, Bulletin board system, California Institute of Technology, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Concord Consortium, Currency, EMI, Field Museum of Natural History, Global warming, HTML5, J. Paul Getty Trust, James M. Bower, Java (programming language), MacArthur Foundation, NASA, National Science Foundation, Numedeon, Rick Perry, San Antonio, Scholastic Corporation, Scion (automobile), Serious game, Texas Workforce Commission, The Walt Disney Company, Toyota, University of Texas System, Virtual reality, Virtual world, William James College, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

ACT (test)

The ACT (originally an abbreviation of American College Testing) Name changed in 1996.

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Adobe Flash

Adobe Flash is a deprecated multimedia software platform used for production of animations, rich Internet applications, desktop applications, mobile applications, mobile games and embedded web browser video players.

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Avatar (computing)

In computing, an avatar is the graphical representation of the user or the user's alter ego or character.

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Bankinter

Bankinter, S.A.,, is a Spanish bank with its headquarters is in Madrid.

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Bulletin board system

A bulletin board system or BBS (also called Computer Bulletin Board Service, CBBS) is a computer server running software that allows users to connect to the system using a terminal program.

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California Institute of Technology

The California Institute of Technology (abbreviated Caltech)The university itself only spells its short form as "Caltech"; other spellings such as.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the leading national public health institute of the United States.

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Concord Consortium

The Concord Consortium was founded in 1994 as an educational research and development organization to create large-scale improvements in K-14 teaching and learning through technology.

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Currency

A currency (from curraunt, "in circulation", from currens, -entis), in the most specific use of the word, refers to money in any form when in actual use or circulation as a medium of exchange, especially circulating banknotes and coins.

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EMI

EMI Group Limited (originally an initialism for Electric and Musical Industries and also referred to as EMI Records Ltd.) was a British multinational conglomerate founded in March 1931 in London.

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Field Museum of Natural History

The Field Museum of Natural History, also known as The Field Museum, is a natural history museum in the city of Chicago, and is one of the largest such museums in the world.

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Global warming

Global warming, also referred to as climate change, is the observed century-scale rise in the average temperature of the Earth's climate system and its related effects.

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HTML5

HTML5 is a markup language used for structuring and presenting content on the World Wide Web.

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J. Paul Getty Trust

The J. Paul Getty Trust is the world's wealthiest art institution with an estimated endowment in 2017 of $US 6.9 billion.

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James M. Bower

James Mason Bower (born February 17, 1954 in Northampton, Massachusetts, USA) is an American neuroscientist and CEO and Chairman of the Board of Numedeon Inc., creator of the Whyville.net educational virtual world.

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Java (programming language)

Java is a general-purpose computer-programming language that is concurrent, class-based, object-oriented, and specifically designed to have as few implementation dependencies as possible.

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MacArthur Foundation

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is the 12th-largest private foundation in the United States.

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NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research.

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National Science Foundation

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is a United States government agency that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering.

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Numedeon

Numedeon, Inc. is a privately held company based in Pasadena, California, that since 1999 has been developing immersive online digital learning technology.

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Rick Perry

James Richard Perry (born March 4, 1950) is an American politician who is the 14th and current United States Secretary of Energy, serving in the Cabinet of Donald Trump.

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San Antonio

San Antonio (Spanish for "Saint Anthony"), officially the City of San Antonio, is the seventh most populous city in the United States and the second most populous city in both Texas and the Southern United States.

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Scholastic Corporation

Scholastic Corporation is an American multinational publishing, education and media company known for publishing, selling, and distributing books and educational materials for schools, teachers, parents, and children.

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Scion (automobile)

Scion is a discontinued marque of Toyota that started in 2003.

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Serious game

A serious game or applied game is a game designed for a primary purpose other than pure entertainment.

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Texas Workforce Commission

The Texas Workforce Commission is a governmental agency in the U.S. state of Texas that provides unemployment benefits and services related to employment to eligible individuals and businesses.

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The Walt Disney Company

The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney, is an American diversified multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate, headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California.

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Toyota

, usually shortened to Toyota, is a Japanese multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Toyota, Aichi, Japan.

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University of Texas System

The University of Texas System (UT System) encompasses 14 educational institutions in the U.S. state of Texas, of which eight are academic universities and six are health institutions.

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Virtual reality

Virtual reality (VR) is an interactive computer-generated experience taking place within a simulated environment, that incorporates mainly auditory and visual, but also other types of sensory feedback like haptic.

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Virtual world

A virtual world is a computer-based simulated environment which may be populated by many users who can create a personal avatar, and simultaneously and independently explore the virtual world, participate in its activities and communicate with others.

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William James College

William James College, formerly Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology (MSPP), is a graduate college of psychology located in Newton, Massachusetts.

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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI, acronym pronounced) is a private, nonprofit research and higher education facility dedicated to the study of all aspects of marine science and engineering and to the education of marine researchers.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whyville

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