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What does Flora mean?

Flora means: Plant rich in a certain region or period, and descends from the Roman goddess of flowers (and spring). Basically, a flora describes the wild plants of a particular area, or a particular selection of those plants. Sometimes the word is also used for reference works describing cultivated plants, but that is an exception. The forerunners of the modern Flora's are the herb books.

What does QR-code mean?

A QR code is a two-dimensional barcode, developed by Denso-Wave. QR stands for quick Response, because the code is quickly decryptable. You can scan the QR code with a mobile phone or PDA. If you have internet on your mobile phone, you can easily open the link without having to tap the address. In a similar way, email addresses, SMS messages, phone numbers and texts (up to 7089 characters) can be offered. An example code is listed below, which goes to this website. You can create these codes Via Google Charts API. At the very bottom of this post an online way to create a QR code using Google Charts.



What does CMS mean?

CMS means Content Management system

It is a piece of software that allows the information or content of a website to be adapted via a simple interface (usually via a website, but this does not have to be compressed). A CMS is especially important for websites whose content needs regular customization, and the content in a fixed layout is presented to visitors. Most large companies use a CMS for their website nowadays. For example, a known variation of the CMS is the weblog. There are many different types, so something for everyone. Companies often opt for a larger (expensive) system, while SME's can easily use a free (open source) CMS. A good start is the site CMS matrix.

What does twining mean?

Twinen is the digital listening Finch

On Twitter Many people write what they are doing, what they do, etc. You can often read this back as an anonymous user (because most people have their profile open to everyone). This can be described as listening finches, which created the word Twinen.

See below for Twitter messages with the text twining.