Katelynn Billings

Sara Cain

Mathew Carson

Jimmy Sandhu

Colin Smith

http://www.how-to-study.com/study-skills/en/language-arts/7/metaphors/ This site is used to instruct students in the use of

metaphors. It gives many different examples of common metaphors and their meanings.

Definition of a metaphor: “A metaphor is a figure of speech in which a word or

phrase that denotes a certain object or idea is applied to another word or phrase to imply some similarity between them.”1

The homework was a breeze.very easy to do.

His idea was difficult to swallow.hard to accept.

My dad was boiling mad.very, very mad.

If I were you, I would steer clear of that topic.stay away from

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An Information System refers to “a system of people, data records and activities that process the data and information in an organization and it includes the organization’s manual and automated processes. In a narrow sense, the term information system (or computer-based information system) refers to the specific application software that is used to store data records in a computer system and automates some of the information-processing activities of the organization.”2

http://www.econ.uba.ar/servicios/publicaciones/journal3/contents/HGazendam/methaphors.htm This paper discusses three different

metaphors by comparing a mill, a cell, and the mind to information systems, it also explains their different meanings in relation to society.

“An information system consists of smaller bodies (objects) with a specialized function, of which the bearer of inherited, type-determining information is the most noticeable.”3

An information system is grown, not built. Information systems have a limited lifetime, but their type-determining

information may be copied by new information systems. Information systems need information (food) to grow and to live, and can

process raw material into food for themselves and other components of the organism.”3

A computer bug is a common metaphor to describe a problem in a computer’s software.

This term is said to have originated in 1947 when an actual bug (a moth) was found within a computer. “The operators affixed the moth to the

computer log, with the entry: "First actual case of bug being found". They put out the word that they had "debugged" the machine, thus introducing the term "debugging a computer program".”4

http://theotherbps.googlepages.com/mind-comp_metaphor.gif/mind-comp_metaphor-full.jpg

http://www.jqjacobs.net/anthro/metaphor.html This website is about how people have incorporated

I.S. metaphors in to the workplace. An example would be the internet, and online services

are highways due to their ability to enable people to obtain information from telecommunication networks.

Like the picture here

A Computer is an Office

Office (source) Computer (target)

desktop monitor screen

trash can, recycle bin file deletion command

mailbox electronic mail icon or address

folder electronic metafile

Cyberspace is Cartesian Space

Cartesian Space (source) Cyberspace (target)

drag and drop relocate electronic data

bring up display a file on the monitor

shut down turn off

background image design on a desktop

running operating

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The Internet is an Ocean

Ocean (source) Internet (target)

to surf, surfer virtual travel, web traveler

hits, when fishing finding data or sites

navigate act of accessing sites

Navigator, Explorer tools to navigate the Net

The Internet is a Highway

Highway(source) Internet (target)

road, highway, superhighway information conduits

crashes unintentional program stoppage

roadblocks impediments to internet usage

detoured directed to an alternate file

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1. http://www.how-to-study.com/study-skills/en/language-arts/7/metaphors/

2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_Systems

3. http://www.econ.uba.ar/servicios/publicaciones/journal3/contents/HGazendam/methaphors.htm

4. http://www.jamesshuggins.com/h/tek1/first_computer_bug_large.htm

5. http://www.jqjacobs.net/anthro/metaphor.html