An assistant is a person or electronic tool that helps some person with their work. Person, in the classic sense, refers to a living human being. ... A programming tool is a program or application that software developers use to create, debug, or maintain other programs and applications. ...

Here is a list of assistant-related topics :

• People:
  • Academy Award for Best Assistant Director — Oscars for assistant directors.
  • Assistant district attorney
  • Assistant Editor — helps a film or video editor.
  • Certified Nursing Assistant
  • Graduate assistant:
    • Research assistant — junior graduate scholar, employed on a temporary contract by a college or university for the purpose of academic research.
    • Teaching assistant
  • Personal assistant
  • Physician assistant

• Automation:
  • Assistant — software tool to assist in the configuration of a computer.
  • Office Assistant — animated character that comes along with Microsoft Office products.
  • Personal Digital Assistant (PDA)— hand-held devices.

• Television:
  • The Assistant - MTV "reality" show starring Andy Dick.

In the first year only of this award it was not made in respect of any specific movie. ... District attorney can refer to two kinds of American public officials: United States Attorney of one of the district courts of the federal government of the United States, who serves under the Attorney General A district attorney (city) who serves as the chief counselor for a municipality. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Film editing. ... The term video editing can mean more than one thing -- see: non-linear editing system, using computers electronic video editing, using videotape This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... An Editor is a person who prepares text—typically language, but also images and sounds—for publication by correcting, condensing, or otherwise modifying it. ... In the United States, Certified Nursing Assistants or Certified Nurse Assistants (CNAs) assist residents or patients with activities of daily living (ADLs) and provide bedside care--including basic nursing procedures--all under the supervision of a Registered Nurse (RN) or Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) (Meyer, 2001:1-33,1-36). ... They are poorly paid, scientifically skilled, highly educated cheap labor. ... A teaching assistant (TA) is a junior scholar employed on a temporary contract by a college or university for the purpose of assisting a professor by teaching students in recitation or discussion sessions, holding office hours, grading homework or exams, supervising labs (in science and engineering courses), and other duties. ... In the United States, physician assistants (PAs) are non-physicians licensed to practice medicine with a physicians supervision. ... The Assistant is a software program that is bundled with all Apple Macintoshes and helps the user set up things such as AirPort connections and Bluetooth devices. ... Clippy asking if you need help The Office Assistant is a feature included in Microsoft Office starting with Office 97, and has been dubbed Clippy or Clippit after its default animated paperclip representation. ... Microsoft Office is a suite of productivity programs created by Microsoft and developed for Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh operating systems. ... This article is in need of improvement. ... The Assistant was a reality television show parody of The Apprentice which aired on MTV. It featured comedian Andy Dicks search for a new personal assistant. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Andy Dick (born 21 December 1965) is an American television and film actor. ...

See also

• Right-hand man
• Agent
• Microsoft Agent
• Wizard
• Collaborative software