DSST Computers #2 Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
Access provider | Business that provides individuals and companies access to the Internet free or for a fee. |
add-on | Program that extends the capability of a browser; often used to enhance multimedia. See also plug-in. |
address book | List of names and e-mail addresses, created and stored by a user. |
Animation | Appearance of motion created by displaying a series of still images in sequence. |
Audio | Music, speech, or any other sound. |
Blog | Web site consisting of time-stamped articles, or posts, in a diary or journal format, usually listed in reverse chronological order. Blog is short for Weblog. |
Blogosphere | Worldwide collection of blogs. |
Bookmark | Saved Web address that you access by clicking its name in a list. See also favorite. |
Broadband | High-speed Internet connection provided through cable, DSL, fiber, radio signals, or satellite. |
Browser | Application software that allows users to access and view Web pages. Also called a Web browser. |
cable Internet service | High-speed Internet access provided through the cable television network via a cable modem. |
cellular radio network | High-speed Internet connection for devices with built-in compatible technology or computers with wireless modems. |
shopping cart | Element of an electronic storefront that allows a customer to collect purchases. |
social networking Web site | Web site that encourages members in its online community to share their interests, ideas, stories, photos, music, and videos with other registered users. Also called an online social network. |
Streaming | Process of transferring data in a continuous and even flow. |
subject directory | Search tool that classifies Web pages in an organized set of categories and subcategories. |
Subscribe | Process of a user adding his or her e-mail name and address to a mailing list. |
surfing the Web | Activity of using links to explore the Web. |
tabbed browsing | Option where the browser displays a tab (similar to a file folder tab) for each Web page you open. |
Thumbnail | Small version of a larger graphic. |
top-level domain | Identifies the type of organization associated with the domain. |
Unsubscribe | Process of a user removing his or her e-mail name and address from a mailing list. |
Uploading | Process of transferring documents, graphics, and other objects from a computer to a server on the Internet. |
URL | Unique address for a Web page. Also called a Web address. |
IP Address | A number that uniquely identifies each computer or device connected to the Internet. See also Internet Protocol address. |
ISP (Internet Service Provider) | Regional or national Internet access provider. |
Link | Short for Hyperlink. Built in connection to another related Web page. |
Mailing List | Group of email names or addresses given a single name. |
Media Sharing Web Site | Specific type of online social network that enables members to share media such as photots, music, and videos. |
Message Board | Popular Web-based type of discussion group that does not require a newsreader. |
MP3 | Format that reduces an audio file to about one-tenth of its original size, while preserving much of the original quality of the sound. |
MPEG-4 | Current version of a popular video compression standard. |
Multimedia | Any application that combines text with graphics, animation, audio, video, and/or virtual reality. |
Net | Worldwide connection of networks that links millions of businesses, government agencies, educational institutions, and individuals. See also Internet. |
Netiquette | Short for Internet etiquette, the code of acceptable behaviors users should follow while on the Internet. |
Newsgroup | Online area in which users have written discussions about a particular subject. |
Chat | real-time typed conversation that takes place on a computer. |
chat room | Location on an Internet server that permits users to chat with each other. |
Click | To move the mouse pointer to a button or link on the computer screen, and then to press and release the left mouse button. |
content aggregator | Business that gathers and organizes Web content and then distributes, or feeds, the content to subscribers for free or a fee. |
dial-up access | Internet access that takes place when the modem in your computer connects to the Internet via a standard telephone line that transmits data and information using an analog (continuous wave pattern) signal. |
domain name | Text version of an IP address. |
Downloading | Process of a computer receiving information, such as a Web page, from a server on the Internet. |
DSL | Type of digital technology that provides high-speed Internet connections using regular copper telephone lines. |
e-commerce | Short for electronic commerce. A business transaction that occurs over an electronic network such as the Internet. |
e-mail address | Combination of a user name and a domain name that identifies a user so he or she can receive Internet e-mail. |
e-mail program | Software used to create, send, receive, forward, store, print, and delete e-mail messages. |
Online Auction | Users bid on an item being sold by someone else. The highest bidder at the end of bidding purchases the item. eBay, and Amazon are two examples. |
Online Service Provider (OSP) | This supplies Internet access, but this also has many members-only features that offer a variety of special content and services such as news; weather; legal information; financial data; hardware and software guides; games; and travel guides. (Ex. AOL) |
Online Social Network | A Web site that encourages members in its online community to share their interests, ideas, stories, photos, music, and videos with other registered users |
Player | A special software that allows you to listen to an audio file, like iTunes, RealPlayer and Windows Media Player. |
Plug-in | usually small piece of software that adds features to or enhances a larger piece of software |
Pod Cast | A downloadable audio file that can be listened to on your computer or mp3. |
Portal | A web site that offers a variety of internet services from a single convenient location, like google, good search Netscape and yahoo! |
Real Time | Is a real time internet connection that notifies you when 1 or more people are online and then allows you to instant message them. |
RSS 2.0 (Really Simple Syndication) | Is a specification that content aggregators use to distribute content to suscribers |
Satellite Internet Service | Provides high-speed internet connections via satellite to a satellite dish that communicates with a satellite modem. |
Search Engine | A software program you can use to find Web sites, Web pages, and Internet files. |
Search Text | A word or phrase entered in a search engines text box that describes the item you want to find |
Emoticons | Symbols used on the Internet to express emotion. |
Favorite | Saved Web address that you access by clicking its name in a list. See also bookmark. |
Fiber to the Premises (FTTP) | Technology that uses fiber-optic cable to provide high-speed Internet access to home and business users. |
Fixed wireless | High-speed Internet connection that uses a dish-shaped antenna on a house or business to communicate with a tower location via radio signals. |
FTP | Internet standard that permits file uploading and downloading with other computers on the Internet. |
Graphic | Digital representation of nontext information such as a drawing, chart, or photo. See also graphical image. |
Home page | First page that a Web site displays. |
Hot spots | Wireless network that provides Wi-Fi Internet connections to mobile computers and other devices. |
Hyperlink | Built-in connection to another related Web page or part of a Web page. See also link. |
Instant messaging (IM) | Real-time Internet communications service that notifies a user when one or more people are online and then allows the user to exchange messages or files or join a private chat room with those people. |
Internet | Worldwide collection of networks that connects millions of businesses, government agencies, educational institutions, and individuals. Also called the Net. |
Internet Backbone | Major carriers of network traffic on the Internet. |
user name | Unique combination of characters, such as letters of the alphabet and/or numbers, that identifies a specific user. |
Video | Full-motion images that are played back at various speeds. |
video blog | Blog that contains video clips. |
virtual reality (VR) | Computers used to simulate a real or imagined environment that appears as a three dimensional (3-D) space. |
Vlog | Video blog. |
Vlogosphere | Term used to refer to all vlogs worldwide. |
VoIP | Technology that allows users to speak to other users over the Internet using their desktop computer, mobile computer, or mobile device. |
Web | Worldwide collection of electronic documents called Web pages, the Web is one of the more popular services on the Internet. Also called the World Wide Web. |
Web 2.0 | Term used to refer to Web sites that provide a means for 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 | Unique address for a Web page. Also called a URL (Uniform Resource Locator). |
Web app | 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. See also Web application. |
Web browser | Application software that allows users to access and view Web pages. Also called a browser. |
Web page | Electronic document on the Web, which can contain text, graphics, audio, and video and often has built-in connections to other documents. |
Web publishing | development and maintenance of Web pages. |
web server | Computer that delivers requested Web pages to a computer. |
web site | Collection of related Web pages and associated items, such as documents and pictures, stored on a Web server. |
Wi-Fi | Short for wireless fidelity. Type of broadband Internet connection that uses radio signals to provide Internet connections to wireless computers and devices. |
Wiki | Collaborative Web site that allows users to create, add to, modify, or delete the Web site content via their Web browser. |
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