Computer literacy no longer means being able to program a computer, but merely knowing how to use software such as Microsoft Office.

Thanks to the printing press and the literacy movement that followed, each person could enjoy his or her own personal relationship to texts and the mythologies they described.

The emergence of a networked culture, accompanied by an ethic of media literacy, open discussion and direct action held the promise of a more responsive political system wherever it spread.

But, like literacy, the open source ethos and process are hard if not impossible to control once they are unleashed.

Possibly, as Mr. Gosse conjectures,[20] they were read chiefly by milliners and other women on the verge of literacy.

Another requirement (at least in the period before radio and television) is general literacy.

Meaningful statistical data on literacy in China before 1937 are lacking.

Some authors remark that before 1800 probably all upper-class sons and most daughters were educated, and that men in the middle and even in the lower classes often had some degree of literacy.

"Literacy," however, might mean only that a person could read and write some 600 characters, enough to conduct a business and to read simple stories.

In any case, the literacy program of the Nationalist government had penetrated the countryside and had reached even outlying villages before the Pacific War.

This explains the fact that no periodical worth its name, and with a widespread readership, could be established in Goa, despite factors like Goa's high literacy, and relatively higher affluence levels.

HALDEMAN-JULIUS, EMANUEL, ed. 4,000 most essential English words; a basic literacy test.

HALDEMAN-JULIUS, EMANUEL, ed. 4,000 most essential English words; a basic literacy test.

In the first place, the proportion of literacy among Christian women is far higher than among the Hindu and Muhammadan communities.

As he could not bear the least whisper of detraction, so he was never heard to express uneasiness at the growing reputation of another; nor was he ever engaged in literacy contests.

Books promoted literacy and curiosity.

Literacy and curiosity led to speculation, experiment, discovery and the formulation and spread of ideas.

She was an occasional contributor to the Literacy Companion, Magnolia Weekly, and other Southern periodicals.