Common Online Terminologies

Jenina AlbaBachelor of Secondary

EducationUniversity of Santo Tomas

Email

Emails are messages sent electronically from one computer user to another via a network.

Email or e-mail stands for Electronic Mail

An internet email message is composed of a message envelope, message header, and a message body.

BlogA blog is a website

or web page where people post their opinions, experiences, and activities.

Blogs can be used as diaries, or can be used for sharing one’s own commentary, and views on a certain subject.

Online Chat

Online chats can be one on one, or with a group of people.

Chat messages are usually short so responses can be sent quickly.

An online chat is when people, who are on a computer at the same time, send messages to each other via the internet.

Messages are sent and read immediately.

Social Bookmarking

Social Bookmarking is a service online that allows people to add, annotate, and share bookmarks of web documents.

Tagged pages can be accessed from any computer, since these pages are stored on the web.

URLURL stands for

Uniform Resource Locator.

It is a formatted text string used to identify a reference or resource on the internet.

A URL is made up of three parts. These three parts are: the network protocol, address, and the resource location.

Streaming

Streaming is a method of relaying data on a computer as a stream continuously.

Live streaming is media delivered live over the internet.

Podcast

Podcasts are series of audio, video, or PDF files that can be downloaded through web syndication.

Podcasts can be streamed online to computers, and mobile devices.

VoIP

VoIP stands for voice-internet protocol.

With this, telephone calls can be made over computer networks.

Wiki

A wiki is a website where people can edit content in collaboration with other people.

Social Networking

Social Networking are websites and applications where people can communicate with each other informally.

WWW

WWW stands for World Wide Web

The World Wide Web refers to all of the resources and users using the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)

HTML

HTML stands for HyperText Markup Language

HTML is the main markup language for creating web pages.

Web Feed

A web feed is a data format used for providing users with content that is updated frequently.

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