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By Auradel Ma. Cirille M. Acacio Bachelor of Secondary Education University of Santo Tomas FREQUENTLY USED ONLINE TERMS
By Auradel Ma. Cirille M. AcacioBachelor of Secondary Education
University of Santo Tomas
FREQUENTLY USED ONLINE TERMS
Definition:
“Short for electronic mail, the transmission of messages over communications networks” – Webopedia
“a system for sending messages from one computer to another computer
messages that are sent electronically from one computer to another”
- Merriam-webster.com
Definition:
“involves real-time instant text messaging between two or more users in chat rooms”
- eHow
“To participate in a synchronous exchange of remarks with one or more people over a computer network.”
- The Free Dictionary
ONLINE CHAT
Definition:
“Short for "Web Log," this term refers to a list of journal entries posted on a Web page.”
- TechTerms.com
“A website containing a writer's or group of writers' own experiences, observations, opinions, etc., and often having
images and links to other websites.”
- Dictionary.com
BLOG
Definition:
“Stands for "Uniform Resource Locator." A URL is the address of a specific Web site or file on the Internet.”
- PC.net
“it is the global address of documents and other resources on the World Wide Web.”
- Webopedia
URL
Definition:
“It is tagging a website and saving it for later. Instead of saving them to your web browser, you are saving them to
the web.”- About.com Web Trends
“The practice of saving bookmarked Web pages to a public website as a way to share the links with other Internet
users.”
- Dictionary.com
SOCIAL BOOKMARKING
Definition:
“Data streaming, commonly seen in the forms of audio and video streaming, is when a multimedia file can be played
back without being completely downloaded first.”- PC.net
“A technique for transferring data such that it can be processed as a steady and continuous stream”
- Webopedia
STREAMING
Definition:
“allows subscribers to subscribe to a set of feeds to view syndicated Web site content”
- Webopedia
“a digital audio file made available on the Internet for downloading to a computer or portable media player,
typically available as a series, new instalments of which can be received by subscribers automatically”
- OxfordDictionaries.com
PODCAST
Definition:
“A Voice over IP call, or VoIP call, utilizes packet-switched Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) or Internet telephony as
opposed to the circuit-switched telephony used by the traditional Public Switched Telephone Network”
- Webopedia
“a form of technology that allows for speech communication via the Internet.”
- OxfordDictionaries.com
VOIP
Definition:
“A collaborative Web site comprises the perpetual collective work of many authors. Similar to a blog in structure and
logic”- Webopedia
“a website or database developed collaboratively by a community of users, allowing any user to add and edit
content.”
- OxfordDictionaries.com
WIKI
Definition:
“A social structure made of nodes that are generally individuals or organizations. A social network represents
relationships and flows between people, groups, organizations, animals, computers or other
information/knowledge processing entities.”
-Webopedia
“The use of internet-based social media programs to make connections with friends, family, classmates, customers and
clients.”
- Investopedia
SOCIAL NETWORKING
Definition:
“The WWW prefix (short for World Wide Web) that precedes URL addresses is an indication that the Web address exists
on the vast network of the World Wide Web”
- Webopedia
WWW
Definition:
“Stands for "Hyper-Text Markup Language." This is the language that Web pages are written in. Also known as
hypertext documents”- TechTerms.com
“the authoring language used to create documents on the World Wide Web”
- Webopedia
HTML
Definition:
“A web feed (or news 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. A web feed is also sometimes referred to as
a syndicated feed.”
- Wikipedia
WEB FEED
