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Chapter 2
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Access provider | A business that provides individuals and organization access to the internet free or for a fee |
| Add-on | - A program that extends the capability of a browser |
| Address book- | - Contacts folder, which contains a list of names and e-mail addresses. |
| Animation | the appearance of motion created by displaying a series of still images in sequence |
| Audio- | includes music, speech, or any other sound. |
| Blog | Short for Weblog, is an information Web site consisting of time-stamped articles, or posts, in a diary or journal format, usually listed in reverse chronological order |
| Blogosphere | - The worldwide collection of blogs |
| Bookmark | - A saved web address that you access by clicking the bookmark name in a list |
| Broadband | Your computer or mobile device usually is connected to the internet the entire time it is powered by. |
| Browser | is application software that allows users to success and view Web pages or access Web 2.0 programs. |
| Cable internet service | provides high-speed internet access through the cable television network via a cable modern |
| Cellular radio network | offers high-speed internet connections to devices with built-in compatible technology or computers with wireless modems. |
| Chat | a real-time typed conversation that takes place on a computer |
| Chat-room | a location on an internet serve that permits users to chat with each other. |
| Click | to activate a link |
| Content aggressor | - a business that gathers and organizes Web content and then distributes, or feeds, the content to subscribers for free or a fee |
| Dial-up access | Takes place when the modem in your computer connects to the internet via standard telephone line that transmits data and information using an analog signal |
| Domain name | the text version of an IP address |
| Downloading | The process of a computer or device receiving information, such as web page, from a server on the internet. |
| DSL | Digital subscriber line, provides high-speed internet connections using regular telephones line |
| E-commerce | Short for electronic business, a business transaction that occurs over an electronic network such as the internet. |
| Electronic storefront | - Which contains product descriptions, images, and a shopping cart |
| E-mail address | A combination of a user name and a domain name that identifies a user so that he or she can receive Internet e-mail. |
| E-mail program | Used to create, send, receive, forward, store, print, and delete e-mail messages. |
| Emoticons- | used to express emotion |
| Favorite | A saved web address that you access by clicking the bookmark name in a list |
| Fiber to the Premises (FTTP)- | Uses fiber-optic cable to provide high-speed Internet access to home and business users |
| Fixed wireless | Provides high-speed Internet connections using a dish-shaped antenna on you hose or business to communicate with a tower location via radio signals |
| FTP | File Transfer Protocol- an Internet standard that permits the process of file uploading and downloading with other computers on the Internet |
| Graphic | or graphical image, a digital representation of non-text information such as drawing, chart, or photo. |
| Home page | Refers to the first page that a Web site displays. |
| Hot spots | Provide Wi-Fi Internet connections to users with mobile computers or devices. |
| Hyperlink | - a built-in connections to another related Web page or part of a Web page. |
| Instant messaging | A real-time Internet communications service that notifies you when one or more people are online and then allows you to exchange messages or files or join a private chat room with them |
| Internet | - is a worldwide collection of networks that links millions of business, government agencies, educational institutions, and individuals. |
| Internet backbone | The major carriers of network traffic |
| IP address | - Short for Internet Protocol address, a number that uniquely identifies each computer or device connected to the internet. |
| ISP | Internet service provider, a regional or national access provider. |
| Link | Short for hyperlink, a built-in connections to another related Web page or part of a Web page. |
| Mailing list- | A group of e-mail name and addresses given a single name. |
| Media sharing Web site | - A specific type of online social network that enables members to share media such as photo, music, and videos |
| Message board | - an Internet site where people can post and read messages, usually on a specific topic or area of interest. |
| Microblog | Allows user to publish short messages, usually between 100 and 200 characters for others to read. |
| MP3 | Reduces an audio file to about one-tenth its original size, while preserving much of the original quality of the sound |
| MP4 | A popular video compression standard. |
| Multimedia- | Refers to any application that combines text with graphics, animation, audio, video, and virtual reality. |
| Net | is a worldwide collection of networks that links millions of business, government agencies, educational institutions, and individuals. |
| Netiquette | the code of acceptable behavior users should follow while on the Internet. |
| News group | an online area in which users have written discussions about a particular topic |
| Online auction | where users bid on an item being sold by someone else |
| Online service provider (OSP) | Provides Internet access |
| Online social network | A Web site that encourages members on its online community to share their interests, ideas, stories, photos, music and videos with other registered users |
| Player | special software used to listen to music on your computer |
| Plug-in- | a program that extends the capability of a browser. |
| Podcast | recorded audio, usually an MP3 file, stored on Web site that can be downloaded to a computer or a portable media player such as an iPod |
| Portal | a Web site that offers a variety of Internet services from a single, convenient location. |
| Real time | means that you and the people with whom you are conversing are online at the same time |
| RSS 2.0 | Really Simple Syndication, a specification that content aggregators use to distribute content to subscribers. |
| Satellite Internet service | Provides high speed internet connections via satellite to a satellite dish that communicates with a satellite modem |
| Search engine | A program that fins Web site, Web pages, images, videos, news, maps, and other information related to a specific topic |
| Search text- | - a word or phrase search engines require you to enter |
| Shopping cart | allows customers to collect purchases |
| Social networking Web site | - A Web site that encourages members on its online community to share their interests, ideas, stories, photos, music and videos with other registered users |
| Streaming | The process of transferring data in a continuous and even flow |
| Subject directory- | Classifies Web pages in an organized set of categories or groups, such as sports or shopping and related subcategories |
| Subscribe- | to add your e-mail and address to a mailing list |
| Suring the Web | to refer to the activity of using links to explore the Web. |
| Tabbed browsing | - Where the top of the browser displays a tab (similar to a file folder tab) for each Web page you open |
| Thumbnail | A small version of larger graphic |
| Top-level domain | the last section of the domain name |
| Unsubscribe- | to remove your name and e-mail |
| Uploading- | the process of transferring documents, graphics, and other objects from your computer to a server on the internet |
| URL | a Web page’s unique address |
| User name- | a unique combination of characters, such as letters of the alphabet and/or numbers, that identifies a specific user |
| Video- | consists of images displayed in motion |
| Video blog | a blog that contains video clips |
| Virtual reality- | VR, the use of computers to stimulate a real or imagined environment that appears as a three-dimensional (3-D) space |
| Vlog | a blog that contains video clips |
| Vlogesphere- | refers to all vlogs worldwide |
| VoIP | Voice over IP, enables users to speak to other users over the Internet aka Internet telephony |
| Web | - a widely used service on the Internet, consists of a worldwide collection of electronic documents |
| Web 2.0- | - to refer to Web sites that provides a means to users to share personal information, allow users to modify Web site content, and have application software built into the site for visitors to use |
| Web address | - a Web page’s unique address |
| Web browser | an application software that allows user to access and view Web pages or access Web 2.0 programs |
| Web application | - a Web site that allows users to access and interact with software through a Web browser on any computer or device that is connected to the Internet |
| Web page | can contain text, graphics, animation, audio and video |
| Web publishing | the development and maintenance of Web pages |
| Web server | - a computer that delivers requested Web pages to your computer |
| Web site | a collection of related Web pages and associated items, such as documents and pictures, stored on a Web server |
| Wi-Fi- | network users radio signals to provide high-speed Internet connections to wireless computers and devices |
| Wiki | - a collaborative Web site that allows users to create, add to, modify, or delete the Web site content via their Web browser |
| Wireless Internet Service provider | a company that provides wireless Internet access to computers and mobile devices |
| World Wide Web (WWW | a widely used service on the Internet, consists of a worldwide collection of electronic documents |
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