Common Online Terms

Definition:• It is a message distributed by an electronic means from one

computer to one recipient via network.

Email

Definition:• It is a personal website or a web page on which an individual

record or express their opinions, links to other sites or happenings

BLOG

Definition:• Online chat may refer to any kind of communication over Internet.

A communication where a real time transmission of text messages from sender to receiver. Online chatting are generally short in order to the receiver to respond easily.

ONLINE CHAT

Definition:• It is a way for individuals to create links to websites or web pages

that they want or like and share the links to other people.

Social Bookmarking

Definition:• Uniform Resource Locator (URL) is the global address of documents

and other resources on the World Wide Web (WWW).

URL

Definition:• It is a method of relaying a data over a computer networks as a

steady continuous stream, allowing to do playback to proceed while subsequently the data is being received.

Streaming

Definition:• It is a multimedia digital file that is made to be available on the

Internet for downloading a portable media player, computer, etc.

Podcast

Definition:• It is a voice-over internet protocol: a system for converting

analogue signals to digital so that the telephone calls may be over the internet.

VoIP

Definition:• It is to communicate informally with other people or with other

users, or to find people with similar interests to oneself.

Social Networking

Definition:• It is a website that allows collaborative editing of its content and

structure by other people. – E.g. wikipedia

Wiki

Definition:• Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) is a standardized system for

tagging text files to achieve font, color, graphic, and hyperlink effects on World Wide Web (WWW).

HTML

Definition:• A web feed is a data format used for providing users with

frequently updated content. Content distributors syndicate a web feed, thereby allowing users to subscribe to it. Making a collection of web feeds accessible in one spot is known as aggregation, which is performed by an aggregator.

Web Feed