Key terms & definitions

A family of protocols for transferring data over a wireless local area network using radio signals.

A largely natural area with little disturbance from human development. Wilderness does not necessarily mean uninhabited.

Irish Jacobite soldiers who left Ireland after the Treaty of Limerick in 1691 to serve abroad, particularly in France.

A strip or connected network of habitat that allows wildlife to move between otherwise separated areas.

A situation in which people know or suspect an uncomfortable truth but choose not to confront it.

A supporter of William III against James II, particularly during the war in Ireland.

A cognitive psychologist’s evidence-based recommendations for learning, including the use of retrieval practice, appropriate praise, self-regulation and findings from neuroscience.

A line or group of trees that shelters land and crops from strong winds.

A group of wind turbines used to generate electricity from moving air.

The ability of a textile to resist air passing through it, helping protect the wearer against wind.

A wind-powered machine that pumps underground water to the surface.

Caribbean migrants who settled in Britain after the Second World War, named after the ship Empire Windrush; the term includes people who travelled on other ships.

The Caribbean migrants who came to Britain from 1948 onwards, during the period of post-war rebuilding.

The generation of Caribbean migrants who came to Britain after the Second World War, associated with the arrival of Empire Windrush in 1948.

A change in wind speed or direction with height. Low vertical wind shear allows a tropical storm's rising clouds to remain organised.

The speed at which air moves from one place to another.

The uprooting of trees by strong winds.

A device whose blades are turned by moving air to drive a generator and produce electricity.

A determination to win that can become a win-at-all-costs attitude, placing success above fair play.

The left or right section of a military formation, as distinct from its centre.

Gaining the trust and support of a population, rather than relying only on military force.

The wave of industrial disputes in winter 1978–79 over pay restraint and falling purchasing power, which disrupted transport and public services and damaged Labour’s reputation.

A base where an army stayed during the winter, allowing it to remain in a country between campaigning seasons.

Metal supplied as a long, slender strand, commonly with a round cross-section.

A network connection that carries data through a physical cable.

A network that uses physical cables to connect devices and transmit data.

A device that allows wireless devices to connect to a network.

A device that uses radio signals to allow wireless devices to connect to a local area network.

A network connection that carries data through the air using radio waves.

A network that uses radio waves to connect devices and transmit data through the air.