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Social Anthropology - By living with people in different cultures and learning to talk and behave like
them (‘fieldwork’), social anthropologists produce in-depth descriptions of their customs and ways of
life (‘ethnographies’). They also compare different cultures and societies to explore their similarities and
differences, to test the generalizations of historians, social scientists and philosophers, and to produce
theories of how best to study and understand human nature. In Architecture, The principal aim is to
challenge notions of ‘space’ as a reified entity which is conceptualized and inhabited in a universal
manner, and to cultivate a more complex understanding of the processes of human agency which
manipulate, produce and re-produce space as perhaps the most significant and crucial component of
any material culture. Source: www.bloomsbury.com
Software developer - A software developer is a person concerned with facets of the software
development process. In short developers "make software for the world to use." Their work includes
researching, designing, implementing, and testing software. A software developer may take part in
design, computer programming, or software project management. They may contribute to the overview
of the project on the application level rather than component-level or individual programming tasks.
Software developers are often still guided by lead programmers but the description also encompasses
freelance software developers. Source: Wikipedia
Software proficiency- Proficient means that you are comfortable with computer programs particularly
those expected to be used in a line of work or industry. Competent means you can use them but you
are not completely skilled in them. Source: Wikianswers.com
Solar energy - Is radiant light and heat from the sun harnessed using a range of ever-evolving
technologies such as solar heating, solar photovoltaics, solar thermal electricity, solar architecture and
artificial photosynthesis. Solar technologies are broadly characterized as either passive solar or active
solar depending on the way they capture, convert and distribute solar energy. Active solar techniques
include the use of photovoltaic panels and solar thermal collectors to harness the energy. Passive solar
techniques include orienting a building to the Sun, selecting materials with favorable thermal mass or
light dispersing properties, and designing spaces that naturally circulate air. www.AiA.com
Speaking skills communication - In the information age, we have to send, receive, and process huge
numbers of messages every day. But effective communication is about more than just exchanging
information; it's also about understanding the emotion behind the information. Effective
communication can improve relationships at home, work, and in social situations by deepening your
connections to others and improving teamwork, decision-making, and problem solving. It enables you
to communicate even negative or difficult messages without creating conflict or destroying trust.
Effective communication combines a set of skills including nonverbal communication, attentive
listening, the ability to manage stress in the moment, and the capacity to recognize and understand
your own emotions and those of the person you’re communicating with. Source: helpguide.org
Splitter - Fi ber Optics - The Fiber Optic Splitter, also named beam splitter, is based on a quartz substrate
of integrated waveguide optical power distribution device, the same as coaxial cable transmission
system, The optical network system also needs to be an optical signal coupled to the branch
distribution, which requires the fiber optic splitter, Is one of the most important passive devices in the
optical fiber link, is optical fiber tandem device with many input terminals and many output terminals,
Especially applicable to a passive optical network (EPON, GPON, BPON, FTTX, FTTH etc.) to connect the
MDF and the terminal equipment and to achieve the branching of the optical signal. Source: Wikipedia
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