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communication theory
communication theory see information theory .
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social work
social work organized effort to help individuals and families to adjust themselves to the community, as well as to adapt the community to the needs of such persons and families.
Modern Social Work
Modern social work employs three methods of assistance: case work, group work, and community...
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network
network in computing, two or more computers connected for the purpose of routing, managing, and storing rapidly changing data. A local area network (LAN), which is restricted by distances of up to one mile, and a metropolitan area network (MAN), which is restricted to distances of up to 60 miles,...
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Cairo geniza
Cairo geniza , archive of ancient Jewish manuscripts found in the synagogue of Fostat-Cairo, Egypt (built 882). In the 1890s western scholars visited the synagogue and removed the materials to the Bodleian Library at the Univ. of Oxford, the Jewish Theological Seminary, New York, and other major rep...
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ecology
ecology study of the relationships of organisms to their physical environment and to one another. The study of an individual organism or a single species is termed autecology; the study of groups of organisms is called synecology.
The Ecosystem
Within the biosphere —the total expan...
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rationing
rationing allotment of scarce supplies, usually by governmental decree, to provide equitable distribution. It may be employed also to conserve economic resources and to reinforce price and production controls. Originally used in community emergencies and in distributing supplies to sailors, rationi...
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communication
communication transfer of information, such as thoughts and messages, as contrasted with transportation, the transfer of goods and persons (see information theory ). The basic forms of communication are by signs (sight) and by sounds (hearing; see language ). The reduction of communication to wri...
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European Coal and Steel Community
European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), 1st treaty organization of what has become the European Union ; established by the Treaty of Paris (1952). It is also known as the Schuman Plan, after the French foreign minister, Robert Schuman , who proposed it in 1950. Member nations of ECSC pledged to...
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community college
community college public institution of higher education. Community colleges are characterized by a two-year curriculum that leads to either the associate degree or transfer to a four-year college. The transfer program parallels the first two years of a four-year college. The degree program general...
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Taizé Community
Taizé Community , ecumenical Christian community based in Taizē, Burgundy, France. The community was founded by Roger Schutz, 1915-2005, a Swiss Protestant theologian who came to Taizé in 1940 to establish a monastery and became known as Brother Roger. In 1949 he and others who ha...
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