Glossary for Chronojump Translators

March, 27, 2007

ChronoJump, is a "complete multiplatform system for measurement, management and statistics of the jump, run, reaction time and pulse tests" http://www.gnome.org/projects/chronojump/
The knowledge of different the kinds of jump, the specific terminology and the concepts surrounding other "tests" which are measured, like runs, reaction times and pulses, may difficult the translation of the software. The purpose of this document is to bring a clear context to the translator and offer a small glossary of the terms that can be confusing. There is also an intentional need to write this document briefly, this guide was thought for being short and practical.

Context: An sports evaluation

Commonly, the sports instructor, physical educator, trainer, kyneologist... apply some tests to one or more people who jump (referred sometimes as "persons" or "jumpers" in jump tests) using an instrument nowadays connected to a computer. Typically people are evaluated altogether in a day. As an example, the physical educator can ask every student jump in three different ways. This evaluation can developed at the beginning and in the end of the course, and the good thing is that the evaluator is able to compare the results of every student in the same day, or compare the evolution along two days. Every day of evaluation is called a "session". Each session has a name, place, date, possible comments, and also people who perform a specific jump, run or pulses.

Glossary:

Abalakov Jump
(also called "ABK") a kind of simple jump* (we recommend not to translate the term).
ABK
(See Abalakov jump*).
Bell
Chronojump uses a software bell as an auditive and configurable way to tell the Jumper* or Runner* info about the parameters of the test*: TC*, TF*, TF/TC and time.
Chronojump
Sometimes referred as the free (GPL) software for managing the data coming from the Chronopic* chronometer*, and sometimes referred as the whole project: Software, Hardware, documentation, website, ...
Chronometer
Instrument used for measuring time. In Chronojump project we use Chronopic*.
Chronopic
Open Hardware used for recording and managing the changes detected on the Platform*. At this moment there are two Chronopic models (both using same firmware):
CMJ
(See Countermovement jump*).
Countermovement Jump
(abbreviated "CMJ") a kind of simple jump* (we recommend not to translate the term).
Contact platform
(See Platform*).
Contact time
Time where the person is in the platform. Also referred as Time of Contact* or TC*.
DJ
(See Drop jump*).
Drop Jump
(abbreviated "DJ") a kind of simple jump* where there's a previous fall from a determined height and then jumps. On this jump, the recorded data is one contact time*, and one flight time*. (we recommend not to translate the term).
Finish
Action of ending a test by pressing a button. This action can be done for finishing an unlimited test*, or making shorter a reactive jump*, intervallic run* or pulse*.
Fligh time
Time where the person is not in contact with the platform. Also referred as Time of Flight* or TF*.
Jump
jump is one of the tree tests* that are currently evaluated. Also there are two kind of jumps: Simple and Reactive.
Simple jump:
jump that have only one flight time*. On this jump, jumper starts and ends inside the platform*. There's a special type called Drop Jump* where jumper falls down from a predefined height (called "falling height"), and then jumps. In this case, the recorded data is one contact time*, and one flight time*.
Reactive jump
(abbreviated "RJ") this jump is described as a number of repetitive or reactive jumps performed consecutively. All the contact times*, and flight times* are recorded. It's common to try to maintain as much time as possible low contact and height flight time. This jump is limited (ended) by:
  • the number of jumps: "Perform 'n' jumps"
  • the jumping time: "Jump during 'n' seconds"
  • unlimited: "Jump, and trainer will tell you when to stop".
Jumper
The name of a person* is called when does a jump*.
Load person
As all data is stored in a database, there's no need to define or create a new person* twice, if one person is evaluated in one session*, and we want to re-evaluate in another session, we call this action "Load Person", and it has to be understood as "To use this known person also in current session".
Person
The human who executes the tests. Depending on what he is doing, may be called as Jumper* or Runner*. Person does not receive a special name when is performing reaction time* or pulse* tests.
Platform
It's an instrument used for knowing if a person is on the floor or in the air. A person can have two states on the platform: inside or outside. On jumps*, the time that a person is in the air (flight time*) is used to find the height of the Center of Gravity of the jumper. On Runs* the time that the person is not in the platform is used to determine the speed. The platform can be easily built following this instructions: http://www.gnome.org/projects/chronojump/construction_contact_platform.html
Pulse
We call 'pulse' to the ability of a person on following a rhythm (predefined or natural), and when this rhythm is primary: only one repeating beat. The pulse contains a succession of equal beats limited by time or unlimited (instructor decides when to stop). On pulses we want to know the number of beats per second and the rhythm of the pulse as time passes.
Reaction time:
time between a signal (chronopic light) and a response (user clicks on Chronopic or touches platform).
Report
A detailed document containing the data of the session* (date, place, comments), the persons* who participated, the tests* developed, and statistics* evaluated.
Run
Run is one of the tree tests* that are currently evaluated. Also there are two kind of runs: Simple and Intervallic.
Simple run:
run that have only one flight time*. On this run, runner starts on the platform*, or a few meters before it. The run stop when the runner arrives to a second platform. It can be also done with only one platform in a circular track. The ony registered data is the time that the person is between the two platforms. This time is normally converted to an average speed, knowing the distance between both.
Intervallic run:
this run is described as a number of individual runs called tracks*. Every time each track are recorded, and it's also converted to speed, as all the tracks have the same distance. This run is limited (ended) by:
  • the number of tracks: "Run 'n' tracks"
  • the running time: "Run during 'n' seconds"
  • unlimited: "Run, and the instructor will tell you when to stop".
Runner
The name of a person* is called when does a run*.
RJ
(See reactive jump*).
Session
(See Context: An Sports Evaluation*).
SJ
(See Squat jump*).
Squat Jump
(abbreviated "SJ") a kind of simple jump* (we recommend not to translate the term).
Statistic
Evaluation of one or more tests presented on a tabular and/or graphical way.
Test
On Chronojump we use this word for referring Jump*, Run*, Reaction time* or Pulse*. All of them are time-related tests.
TC
(See contact time*).
TF
(See flight time*).
Time of contact
(See contact time*).
Time of flight
(See flight time*).
Track
Is the distance between two platforms in a Intervallic Run*.


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On 27 Mar 2007, 17:30.