Common Online Terminologies

Marjolaine O. BustillosBachelor of Secondary Education

University of Santo Tomas

Electronic mail

• used in exchanging messages, data and information through the process of telecommunication

• it is done through the use of internet and important in transmitting documents.

• can be used in different areas of profession; essential in business purposes.

Wiki

• it is a server program that enables group of people to come up with their own websites and they have the access to edit or change it.

• in Hawaii, the word “wikiwiki” means “fast” in English language.

• the most popular example of Wiki is the Wikipedia which we use in gathering informations.

social bookmarking

• it allows you to see and browse easily the specific information that you need.

• it is tagging and saving different websites in the web.

• through the use of social bookmarking, you can interact with other people by means of sharing information in the web.

podcast

• its other name is netcast which contains different collections of video, audio or PDF files.

• it can be downloaded and used online; you can also use it in your own mobile devices.

• it is used commonly in teaching and in presentation purposes.

HTML(hypertext markup language

• collection of codes and different symbols that are used in displaying and creating a web browser.

• it indicates how the images and information will be displayed in a website.

• it contains proper structure and layout of a web document.

voip(voice over internet protocol)

• it is done through the used of internet which enables you to communicate with other people.

• it is the process of having and recording audio signals and can be changed into digital data.

• these audio signals will be saved and transmitted in the internet and it is essential for calling plans.

www(world wide web)

• it is a set or collections of different internet resources, files, documents and remote sites.

• it can be used and accessed by browsers that use standard called HTTP and HTML

• these collection of sites are connected to internet worldwide.

online chat

• it is talking and having an exchange of ideas and thoughts to other people who are also using the internet at the same time you are.

• in online chatting, people can schedule and appoint a time when they want to talk with each other.

• typed-in messages are used in this online service and it is done using an specific website.

streaming

• it is gathering data and converting it to pictures, sounds and videos.

• it is transmitting and transferring information and data to another people.

• it is used in presenting details.

blog

• this is where you can post and discuss different types of articles.

• it is a good way of expressing your thoughts and ideas.

• these posts can be shared to other people and they can also have their comments and opinions.

social networking

• this is done through the use of internet in which you communicate with other people through chats, posts, comments etc.

• it is sharing and gathering information and data with the other communities.

• through the use of social networking, you will get updated to what is happening around you.

url (uniform resource locator

• before, it was called as Universal Resource Locator.

• it is the common address of a file that can be accessed to internet.

• it is located and found on the address bar of a website.

web feed

• it an information format that gives and provides users an updated content.

• it gives you notices about the new content of a site.

• the users are allowed to subscribe in web feed.

references

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