Key terms & definitions

The person with overall command of a country’s armed forces.

Having enough support in the House of Commons to survive votes of no confidence and secure essential decisions, such as government funding.

An interface through which a user gives instructions by typing text-based commands.

A religious instruction or law about how people should live.

A series of instructions executed in order, one after another.

A text file that stores table-like data, with commas separating fields and usually one record on each line.

An error in which two main clauses are joined by a comma alone.

An Italian theatrical tradition using recognisable character types, including comic servants, and improvised dialogue and physical humour.

An event or action that honours and preserves the memory of a person or historical event.

A monument or celebration which preserves the memory of a person or event.

An observance that remembers a significant person or event; it may involve mourning rather than celebration.

Entrusting a person who has died to God’s mercy and care through prayer.

Prayers entrusting a person approaching death to God’s care and mercy.

An explanatory note in code that is not executed as an instruction.

Buying and selling goods or services, especially on a large scale.

Farming to produce crops or livestock for sale.

Using or extracting resources to sell them or produce goods and services for profit.

Farming mainly to produce crops or livestock for sale.

Catching fish for sale rather than mainly for the fishers’ own consumption.

A funding model in which a media organisation earns revenue from activities such as sales, subscriptions and advertising, with the aim of making a profit.

The process of using sport to generate income, including through sponsorship, advertising and selling broadcasting rights.

Land used for business activities, including shops and offices.

Media run as a business to generate income and profit, often through advertising, subscriptions or sales.

A media industry that produces and distributes products to generate income and profit.

A funding model in which a media organisation earns income from its products or services with the aim of making a profit.

Media ownership organised around earning revenue and making a profit, often through advertising.

Competition over trade, markets and wealth.

An appointment giving someone the rank and authority of an army officer. Before 1871, commissions in many British regiments could be purchased.

Payment linked to the value of sales achieved, usually calculated as a percentage of sales revenue.

A task entrusted to someone with the authority to carry it out; Jesus commissions his disciples to preach throughout the world.