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Single-board computer designed by the BBC
The Micro Bit (also referred to as BBC Micro Bit or stylized as micro:bit) is an open source hardware ARM-based embedded system designed by the BBC for
Micro_Bit
Hand tool used for turning screws
interchangeable tips, known as screwdriver bits, analogous to drill bits. This allows a single handle to be used with multiple bits of varying profiles and dimensions
Screwdriver
File format for conveying binary information
Format Specification - Specification for the micro:bit Universal Hex Format". micro:bit. 0.4.0. Micro:bit Educational Foundation. 2021-01-26 [2020]. Archived
Intel_HEX
Microcontroller software based on Python
a version of MicroPython for the BBC Micro Bit was created as part of the Python Software Foundation's contribution to the Micro Bit partnership with
MicroPython
Series of British microcomputers by Acorn
Micro Bit – modern successor to the project TV Micro Men – BBC documentary drama Micro Live – BBC television programme Making the Most of the Micro –
BBC_Micro
Programming language learning environment
– control motors and receive sensor data from the Lego WeDo micro:bit – Use of a micro:bit to control projects LEGO BOOST – Bring robotic creations to
Scratch (programming language)
Scratch_(programming_language)
Retrieved 5 February 2019. "micro:bit - Apps on Google Play". play.google.com. "Request for adding the official BBC micro:bit application". 2018-07-26.
List of free and open-source Android applications
List_of_free_and_open-source_Android_applications
Handheld game console by Nintendo
The Game Boy Micro is a 32-bit handheld game console made by Nintendo. It was released in Japan on September 13, 2005, and in international markets later
Game_Boy_Micro
Type of matrix barcode
Rectangular Micro QR Code places format information in the area of finder pattern and finder sub pattern. Format information is built as 18-bit sequence
Rectangular_Micro_QR_Code
Topics referred to by the same term
vendor Micro Mobility Systems, Swiss company producing kickscooters Micro, a mostly-obsolete term for a microcomputer, e.g.: BBC Micro BBC Micro Bit, or
Micro
Project within the German education initiative "Roberta – Learning with robots"
Mindstorms, and other programmable hardware systems such as Arduino, BBC Micro-Bit, and the Calliope mini. The Cloud-approach of the Open Roberta Lab is
Open_Roberta
Browser-based 3D modeling program
electronic circuit simulator that supports Arduino Uno microcontrollers, Micro:bit boards, or ATtiny chips. Code can be created using graphical CodeBlocks
Tinkercad
Parallel computer bus introduced by IBM in 1987
Micro Channel architecture, or the Micro Channel bus, is a proprietary 16- or 32-bit parallel computer bus publicly introduced by IBM in 1987, which was
Micro_Channel_architecture
Group of 32-bit RISC processor cores
The ARM Cortex-M is a group of 32-bit RISC ARM processor cores licensed by ARM Limited. These cores are optimized for low-cost and energy-efficient integrated
ARM_Cortex-M
Way to specify the location of data on computer storage devices
standard included 22-bit LBA as an option, which was further extended to 28-bit with the release of ATA-1 (1994) and to 48-bit with the release of ATA-6
Logical_block_addressing
electronic circuit simulator that supports Arduino Uno microcontrollers, Micro Bit (Micro:bit) boards, or ATtiny chips W3Schools – freemium educational website
List of online educational resources
List_of_online_educational_resources
High-service electronics components distributor
on 7 July 2015 that it was launching a new computer device called the micro:bit that would be given to every Year 7 school pupil in the UK (amounting
Premier_Farnell
Umbrella term for technical disciplines
December 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2019. "micro:bit Global Challenge". micro:bit Global Challenge. micro:bit. 6 May 2019. Archived from the original on
Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
Science,_technology,_engineering,_and_mathematics
Flash memory card format
following the introduction of the even smaller microSD card. The microSD format was introduced by SanDisk at CeBIT in 2004, initially under the name T-Flash
SD_card
Computer software written to control machines not typically thought of as computers
language – MicroPython – is however available expressly for microcontroller use, e.g. 32-bit ARM-based (such as BBC micro:bit) and 16-bit PIC microcontrollers
Embedded_software
Computer architecture bit width
processors. Most home computers from the 8-bit era fully exploited the address space, such as the BBC Micro (Model B) with 32 KB of RAM plus 32 KB of ROM
8-bit_computing
Single-board computer developed for educational usage
a Calliope mini free of charge. Calliope mini was inspired by the BBC micro:bit, which was distributed to pupils of grade seven in the United Kingdom
Calliope_mini
Type of two-dimensional barcode
Micro QR codes: the smallest is 11×11 modules; the largest can hold 35 numeric characters, or 21 ASCII alphanumeric characters, or 15 bytes (120 bits)
QR_code
Italian open-source hardware and software company
compatible systems List of open-source hardware projects Calliope mini BBC micro:bit Raspberry Pi Diecimila means "ten thousand" in Italian. Duemilanove means
Arduino
Technology used in CPUs
attack. The term "NX bit" was introduced by Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) as a marketing term. Intel markets this feature as the XD bit (execute disable)
NX_bit
Family of RISC-based computer architectures
16-bit designs was that they were a lot more expensive and were still "a bit crap", offering only slightly higher performance than their BBC Micro design
ARM_architecture_family
Series of low-cost single-board computers
priced at US$5, features a 1 GHz single-core 32-bit ARM11 CPU, 512 MB of RAM, mini HDMI, and micro USB ports for data and power. It includes an unpopulated
Raspberry_Pi
American multinational semiconductor company
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) is an American multinational semiconductor company headquartered in Santa Clara, California. It develops central processing
AMD
Topics referred to by the same term
Instruments TI-TXT (TI Text) Universal hex format, a hex file format by the BBC/Micro:bit Zilog hex format, a hex file format by Zilog Hex dump Hexadecimal notation
Hex_file
Number of bits used to represent a color
depth, also known as bit depth, is either the number of bits used to indicate the color of a single pixel, or the number of bits used for each color component
Color_depth
Handheld game console by Nintendo
The Game Boy Advance (GBA) is a 32-bit handheld game console, manufactured by Nintendo, which was released in Japan on March 21, 2001, and to international
Game_Boy_Advance
Chinese technology company
supports more than 20 third-party sensors and open-source hardware such as Micro Bit, Arduino and Raspberry Pi. The United States Department of the Interior's
DJI
Microcode in x86 Intel processors
on-chip memory. On the Pentium Pro, each micro-operation is 72-bits wide,, newer Intel P6-derived CPUs add some more bits, some of them are shared for all microoperations
Intel_microcode
Computer architecture bit width
computer architecture, 16-bit integers, memory addresses, or other data units are those that are 16 bits (2 octets) wide. Also, 16-bit central processing unit
16-bit_computing
Small computer with a CPU made out of a microprocessor
particular "micro") declined significantly from its peak in the mid-1980s. The term is most commonly associated with the most popular 8-bit home computers
Microcomputer
presented a series of robot demonstrations at the television launch of BBC micro:bit live lessons. He featured in Stargazing Live with Dara O Briain, March
Sethu_Vijayakumar
Computer architecture bit width
Apple), and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) released its first 64-bit x86-64 processor. Physical memory eventually caught up with 32-bit limits. In 2023, laptop
64-bit_computing
with Arduino Uno micro-controller peripherals CUBIT – multitouch surface-interaction system Humane Reader and Humane PC LART Micro Bit – ARM-based embedded
List of open-source hardware projects
List_of_open-source_hardware_projects
1986 video game
1986 for the Acorn Electron and BBC Micro home computers. One year later the game was released for the Atari 8-bit computers, Atari ST, Amiga, and Commodore
Mouse_Trap_(1986_video_game)
Proprietary adware BitTorrent client
proprietary adware BitTorrent client owned and developed by Rainberry, Inc. The "μ" (Greek letter "mu") in its name comes from the SI prefix "micro-", referring
ΜTorrent
British computer scientist and educator
Sentance was involved with the evaluation of .NET Gadgeteer and the Micro Bit. Sentance joined the Raspberry Pi Foundation in 2018 as Chief Learning
Sue_Sentance
American amusement park
Two Bit Circus is an American amusement park and themed entertainment company, marketing itself as the world's first "micro amusement park" for its smaller
Two_Bit_Circus
subpixels "pixels" inflates the claimed resolution by a factor of three. This bit of marketing obfuscation is calculated as horizontal resolution × vertical
List of common display resolutions
List_of_common_display_resolutions
UK technology company
administration on 17 March 2021. They collaborated with the BBC on the Micro Bit. The company was founded in 2012 in London by Bethany Koby and Daniel
Technology_Will_Save_Us
Norwegian multinational semiconductors manufacturer
nRF52833 on a micro bit v2
Nordic_Semiconductor
Family of instruction set architectures
microprocessor and its 8-bit-external-bus variant, the 8088. The 8086 was introduced in 1978 as a fully 16-bit extension of Intel's 8-bit 8080 microprocessor
X86
Miniature remote-controlled cars
brand name XMODS Micro RC. They were commonly compared to Tomy's Bit Char-G (sold in the U.S. as MicroSizers) and Takara's Digi-Q micro R/C lines. First
ZipZaps
Peer-to-peer file-sharing protocol
Micro Transport Protocol (μTP, sometimes uTP) is an open User Datagram Protocol-based (UDP-based) variant of the BitTorrent peer-to-peer file-sharing protocol
Micro_Transport_Protocol
1984 video game
MicroLeague Baseball is a 1984 baseball simulation video game. It was developed and published by MicroLeague. It was released for Amiga, Apple II, Atari
MicroLeague_Baseball
BASIC programming languages designed for under 4 KB
Half-Byte Tiny Basic – adapted from Arduino BASIC. Tiny Basic on the micro:bit – adapted from Palo Alto Tiny BASIC. In 2002, Emmanuel Chailloux, Pascal
Tiny_BASIC
Series of networkable home computers
MicroBee (or Micro Bee) was a series of networkable home computers by Applied Technology, which became publicly listed company MicroBee Systems Limited
MicroBee
1985 video game
Superman was ported the Acorn Electron, Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit computers, BBC Micro, and ZX Spectrum. The game is for 2 players (or 1 vs the computer)
Superman:_The_Game
Layer of hardware-level instructions or data structures
architecture on a wide variety of underlying hardware micro-architectures. The IBM System/360 has a 32-bit architecture with 16 general-purpose registers, but
Microcode
Family of integrated circuits
EFM32 Gecko MCUs are a family of mixed-signal 32-bit microcontroller integrated circuits from Energy Micro (now Silicon Labs) based on ARM Cortex-M CPUs
EFM32
American designer and inventor
the BBC to ensure one million eleven-year-old children had access to a Micro Bit. She designed the Tech Will Save Us Mover Kit, which raised £50,000 from
Bethany_Koby
Hardware clones of the NES home video game console
counterfeit 8-bit systems as "Moderate" (10%-25%). The most popular brand of clones were these, made by Micro Genius (simply called here Micro) and distributed
Famiclone
After-school programming clubs for children
variety of other coding languages. The initiative also provide free BBC Micro:bits to children above the age of 9. Code Club is the brain child of Clare
Code_Club
1983 video game
Spectrum, BBC Micro, and Dragon 32/64. It was ported to the Commodore 64, Acorn Electron, MSX, Tatung Einstein, Amstrad CPC, and Atari 8-bit computers. It
Chuckie_Egg
1985 video game
the Commodore 16 and Plus/4 (1986), Acorn Electron and BBC Micro (1987), and Atari 8-bit computers (1988). The game was controversial when released as
Cops_'n'_Robbers
company founded in 1965. Digico was best known for its 16-bit minicomputer series, the Micro 16. Later Digico started manufacturing a networked CP/M based
Digico_(computer_company)
Family of CP/M- and DOS-compatible multi-user multi-tasking operating systems
resellers (VARs) DataPac Australasia, Concurrent Controls and Intelligent Micro Software were allowed to take over and continued independent development
Multiuser_DOS
a code-free STEM kit, which is claimed to be compatible with the BBC Micro Bit. Antbo - Antbo is an educational bionic robot kit for children. It can
Zhiwei_Robotics_Corp.
American video game company
under the headline "Experience the MicroProse Challenge!!!" All three were written by Sid Meier for the Atari 8-bit computers: platform game Floyd of the
MicroProse
Mobile hack day in London
26 September. It featured one of the first workshop sessions for the Micro Bit; along with the usual hackathon and lightning talks. The 8th (and final)
Over_the_Air
iOS 16
Circuits Corporation" officially. In 2011, AppliedMicro was integral in (co-)developing ARM's first 64 bit-wide AArch64 ISA-extension and became the first
Applied Micro Circuits Corporation
Applied_Micro_Circuits_Corporation
1988 video game
(1985) while adding their own elements to create MicroProse Soccer. It is the forerunner of the 16-bit Sensible Soccer series. The game can simulate a
MicroProse_Soccer
Former American video game developer
Micro Users Software Exchange, Inc., doing business as Muse Software, was an American video game developer based in Baltimore, Maryland, focusing on the
Muse_Software
ARM- and RISC-V-architecture microcontroller by the Raspberry Pi Foundation
RP2350 is a 32-bit dual-core microcontroller (containing selectable ARM Cortex-M33 and/or Hazard3 RISC-V cores) by Raspberry Pi Ltd. In August 2024, it
RP2350
Handheld game console by Nintendo
The Game Boy Advance SP (SP stands for "Special") is a 32-bit handheld game console made by Nintendo. It was released in Japan on February 14, 2003, and
Game_Boy_Advance_SP
Former software developer and publisher
variety of 8-bit micros, particularly those less well catered for by other publishers such as the Commodore 16, BBC Micro and Atari 8-bit computers. They
Tynesoft
1983 video game
Williams for Atari 8-bit computers and published by English Software in 1983. It was ported to the Acorn Electron, Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro, and Commodore 64
Jet-Boot_Jack
64-bit extension of x86 architecture
x86-64 (also known as x86_64, AMD64, Intel 64 and x64) is a 64-bit extension of the x86 instruction set. It was announced in 1999 and first available
X86-64
Former American computer company
Retrieved 3 November 2022. Wilcox, Dick (January 1977). "A PDP-11-Like 16-Bit Micro for the S-100 Bus". Dr. Dobbs's Journal of Computer Calisthenics and Orthodontia
Alpha_Microsystems
Early minicomputer first released in 1962
The Arma Micro Computer was an early minicomputer first released in 1962. Manufactured by the Arma Engineering Company, it had a bit-serial architecture
Arma_Micro_Computer
The AMD Athlon II family is a 64-bit microprocessor family from Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), based on the K10 microarchitecture. As with the Phenom II
List of AMD Athlon II processors
List_of_AMD_Athlon_II_processors
Home computerr from the early 2000s
The MicroDigital Omega was a home computer developed and sold in the early 2000s by MicroDigital. It runs the RISC OS operating system. The Omega suffered
MicroDigital_Omega
São Paulo former educational media centre
Matific, and Micro Bit for robotics classes. Matific was included only for 6th to 9th-grade elementary school students, while Micro Bit was introduced
São_Paulo_Media_Center
Real-time operating system
kit for STM32F7 Series (Cortex-M7) FRDM-K64F from NXP (Cortex-M4) BBC micro:bit (Nordic nrf51822; Cortex-M0) SiFive HiFive1 (RISC-V Instruction Set Architecture)
Apache_Mynewt
Annual intercollegiate robot competition
supports more than 20 third-party sensors and open-source hardware such as Micro Bit, Arduino and Raspberry Pi. The Robomaster TT (Tello Talent) is an educational
RoboMaster
Microprocessor core
(FSL) is a 32-bit wide interface on MicroBlaze. The FSL channels are uni-directional, point-to-point data streaming interfaces. A MicroBlaze processor
MicroBlaze
1983 video game
1983 for the BBC Micro and Acorn Electron. It was ported to the VIC-20, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 16, Plus/4, Atari 8-bit computers, and MS-DOS
Vegas_Jackpot
Family of distributed open-source operating systems
(CNXSoft), Jean-Luc (2022-09-19). "OpenHarmony development board borrows BBC Micro:bit edge connector - CNX Software". CNX Software - Embedded Systems News.
OpenHarmony
Hardware cache of a central processing unit
random-access memory (SRAM), which requires multiple transistors to store a single bit. This makes it expensive in terms of the area it takes up, and in modern
CPU_cache
Handheld game console by Sega
TurboExpress in the fourth generation of video game consoles. Sega rushed the 8-bit Game Gear to market to compete with the Game Boy. It shares much of its hardware
Game_Gear
Japanese light novel series
publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō in June 2021. It was later acquired by Micro Magazine, which began publishing it under their GCN Bunko imprint in May
Witch_and_Mercenary
Brand name by Atari, Inc.
Asteroids Deluxe (BBC Micro) Battlezone (BBC Micro/Acorn Electron) Centipede (IBM PCjr) Crystal Castles (IBM PC) Dig Dug (BBC Micro/Acorn Electron, ColecoVision
Atarisoft
Computer processor contained on an integrated-circuit chip
pp. 11–12. ISBN 978-0849310812 – via Google Books. CMicrotek. "8-bit vs 32-bit Micros" Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine. "Managing the Impact
Microprocessor
Twelfth letter of the Greek alphabet
represented by Modern Irish mh. The lowercase mu (as "micro sign") appeared at 0xB5 in the 8-bit ISO-8859-1 encoding, from which Unicode and many other
Mu_(letter)
"elements": a 67-bit fraction processor, a 13-bit exponent processor, a 1-bit sign processor, a microsequencer and a bus interface unit. The MicroVAX 78132 contains
MicroVAX_78032
Personal computer
running 8-bit applications, and display modes compatible with those earlier machines. Following on from Acorn's involvement with the BBC Micro, two of the
Acorn_Archimedes
Detachable tool tips used for driving screws
bit is a detachable tip or toolhead used to drive screws, typically with a hand-operated screwdriver, drill, or impact driver. Interchangeable bits allow
Screwdriver_bit
Project 2012, inspired by the original scheme which introduced the BBC Micro in the 1980s, was being developed by BBC Learning to provide a starting
BBC Computer Literacy Project 2012
BBC_Computer_Literacy_Project_2012
Digital audiovisual data interface
type A-to-type C cable. Type D; Micro This Micro connector shrinks the connector size to something resembling a micro-USB connector, measuring only 5
HDMI
Line of computers sold by Digital Equipment Corporation
and 725 low-end machines were built using AMD Am2901 bit-slice components for the ALU. The MicroVAX I represented a major transition within the VAX family
VAX
Microcontroller board
boards have a USB-B connector, but 3rd party boards may have a miniUSB / microUSB / USB-C connector. 5.5mm/2.1mm barrel jack connector. Official Uno boards
Arduino_Uno
1981 video game
by Llamasoft Aqua Attack, BBC Micro as part of the Welcome disk/tape with the BBC Master Bug Off!, 1982, Atari 8-bit, by Adventure International Caterpillar
Centipede_(video_game)
Natural number
967,295 255 (number) 16-bit computing In Altar 4k BASIC (1975), Tiny BASIC Extended (1976), 6800 Tiny BASIC (1976), and MICRO BASIC 1.3 (1976). "Chapter
65,535
Home video game consoles
released the same month. Like the Xbox One, the consoles use an AMD 64-bit x86-64 CPU and GPU. Both models have solid-state drives to reduce loading
Xbox_Series_X_and_Series_S
Pedagogy of computer science
Johnson, Rose; Baker, Howard; Davies, Matt (2017). "From the BBC micro to micro:bit and beyond". Interactions. 24 (2): 74–77. doi:10.1145/3029601. ISSN 1072-5520
Computing_education
1986 video game
Spectrum. It was ported to the MSX, Atari 8-bit computers, Commodore 64, Commodore 16, Acorn Electron, and BBC Micro (all in 1987) and the Amstrad CPC (1988)
Survivors_(video_game)
MICRO BIT
MICRO BIT
Boy/Male
Australian, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Slovenia
Great; Glory; Famous
Female
English
Anglicized form of Hebrew Bithyah, BITHIAH means "daughter of God." In the bible, this is the name of a daughter of Pharoah.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Bitter, A meeting, To find
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : occupational name for a maker and seller of spurs, bits, and other small metal attachments to harness and tackle. Compare Lorimer.
Girl/Female
Indian
Bitter
Female
Hebrew
Variant spelling of Hebrew Bithyah, BITYAH means "daughter of God."
Male
Slavic
Short form of Slavic names beginning with Mir-, MIRO means "peace."
Female
Hebrew
(בִּתְיָה) Hebrew name BITHYAH means "daughter of God." In the bible, this is the name of a daughter of Pharoah.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for an innkeeper, from Middle English, Old French (h)oste ‘host’, ‘guest’.Danish (Høst) : nickname from høst ‘harvest’, ‘autumn’ (see Herbst).French : from Old French ost ‘army’, hence an occupational name for a soldier.Dutch : from the Germanic personal name Austa, meaning ‘east’.German : habitational name from either of two places called Host, near Koblenz and near Bitburg.
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Bithiah, BITHIA means "daughter of God."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Maltby in Cleveland, Lincolnshire, and North and South Yorkshire, or Mautby in Norfolk, all named with the Old Norse byname Malti ‘sharp’, ‘bitter’ + Old Norse býr ‘farm’, ‘settlement’.
Female
Hebrew
Variant spelling of Hebrew Bityah, BITYA means "daughter of God."
Girl/Female
Tamil
Bitter
Girl/Female
Tamil
Mathisha | மாஂதீஷாÂ
Bitter
Mathisha | மாஂதீஷாÂ
Girl/Female
Tamil
Path between trees
Girl/Female
Tamil
Bitter, A meeting, To find
Girl/Female
Tamil
Bunch of flower
Boy/Male
Tamil
Heart bits
Girl/Female
Indian
Unique
Surname or Lastname
Jewish
Jewish : unexplained.English : habitational name from a place in Gloucestershire named Bitton. The place takes its name from the Boyd river, a Celtic river name of uncertain origin + Old English tūn ‘settlement’, ‘farmstead’.
MICRO BIT
MICRO BIT
Girl/Female
Teutonic
Divine wisdom.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Slayer of Aksha
Female
French
French form of Russian unisex Sasha, SACHA means "defender of mankind."
Boy/Male
Indian
Friend of Allah, An epithet
Boy/Male
English
Nobleman. Based on the English title of Earl. Famous bearer:American author Erle Stanley Gardner.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Tamil
Lotus; Queen
Girl/Female
Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Mythological, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Sikh, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu
Goddess Parvati; Generous with Food
Boy/Male
Bengali, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Marathi, Telugu
Desired
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Telugu
A Sacred River; Daughter of the Gods
Boy/Male
Basque
Savior.
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n.
A measure of length; the thousandth part of one millimeter; the millionth part of a meter.
n.
The part of geology relating to structure and organisms which require to be studied with a microscope.
n.
A minute abrupt point, as of a leaf; any small, sharp point or process, terminating a larger part or organ.
a.
Having the qualities of bitumen; compounded with bitumen; containing bitumen.
n.
A small South American monkey (Mico melanurus), allied to the marmoset. The name was originally applied to an albino variety.
n.
A turn of the cable about the end of the windlass, without the bits.
a.
Consisting of, or containing, lime and bitumen.
v. t.
To prepare, treat, impregnate, or coat with bitumen.
a.
Alt. of Hunger-bitten
n.
The science which treats of the chemical properties, actions or relations of substances in quantity; -- distinguished from micro-chemistry.
a.
Of or pertaining to micro-geology.
n.
The application of chemical tests to minute objects or portions of matter, magnified by the use of the microscopy; -- distinguished from macro-chemistry.
a.
Of or pertaining to micro-chemistry; as, a micro-chemical test.
n.
A substance (sometimes the product of a specific micro-organism and sometimes naturally present in the blood or tissues of an animal), capable of producing immunity from certain diseases, or of counteracting the poisonous effects of pathogenic bacteria.