COMMOM ONLINE TERMINOLOGIESComp 1A

Benito, Alexandra Loise M.1PSED1 | BEED-PSED

University of Santo Tomas

EMAIL

• Also known Electronic Mail

• Is a method of exchanging digital messages to one or more persons

BLOG

• discussion or informational site published on the internet

• consist of discrete entries or posts

ONLINE CHAT

• real time and direct transmission of text based messages that needs the internet

WWW• Also known as World Wide Web

• It consists of all the public Web sites connected to the Internet including client devices (e.g. computers and cellphones) that access the Web content

VOIP

• Also known as Voice over Internet Protocol

• Is a method for delivery of voice communications and multimedia sessions over Internet Protocol networks such as the Internet

STREAMING• Commonly seen in forms of audio and video streaming

• When a multimedia file can be played back without being completely downloaded

SOCIAL NETWORKING• is based on a certain structure that allow people to express their individuality andmeet people with similar interest

• This structure includes having profiles, friends, posts, widgets and more

URL• Stands for Uniform Resource Locator

• Previously it was called as Universal Resource Locator

• Is a specific character string that constitutes a reference to a resource

HTML• Stands for HyperText Markup Language

• It is the main markup language for creating web pages and other information that can be displayed in a web browser

WIKI• is a web application which allows people to add, modify or even delete content in collaboration with other people.

• text is usually written using simplified markup language or rich-text editor

PODCAST• Also known as netcast

• A digital medium that can consists of audios, videos, etc. that can be downloaded online to your computer or mobile devices

SOCIAL BOOKMARKING• Enables users to add, annotate, edit and share bookmarks online

• It is like saving favorites on your browser except you’re saving it to a website that anyone can see

WEB FEED• Also known as news feed

• Is a data format used for providing users with frequently updated content

• Can be also referred to as a syndicated feed

References:• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki• http://www.affilorama.com/internet101/social-bookmarking• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_over_IP• http://www.techterms.com/definition/streaming• http://www.ask.com/question/what-is-online-chat• http://compnetworking.about.com/cs/worldwideweb/g/bldef_www.htm• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog• http://www.whatissocialnetworking.com/• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_resource_locator• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_feed• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcast