Common Online Terminologies

by: Arianne C. GumpalBachelor of Secondary Education

University of Santo Tomas

E-Mail

E-Mail is a shorter and most commonly used term for Electronic Mail. In 1971, Ray Tomlinson invented this. It is the ability to send simple messages to another person across the network. The symbol '@' is used to tell which computer the user is. The first email message was QWERTYUIOP. http://inventors.about.com/od/estartinventions/a/email.htm

Wiki

In doing a homework, one of the students' best friend today is Wiki. It is a web application that enables users to add, modify, or delete content in collaboration with others. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki

Social Bookmarking

It is tagging a website and saves it to the web. This enables users to save their favorite websites. This also allows them to browse through a lot of things. The most popular and widely used social bookmarking are Facebook and Twitter.http://webtrends.about.com/od/socialbookmarking101/p/aboutsocialtags.htm

HTML

This stands for HyperText Markup Language. It is the authoring language used in making documents in the World Wide Web. This also defines the structure and layout of a web document.

Podcast

Podcast is a program that is formatted to be played in the iPod. It contains shows, videos and audios posted in the internet for listening or viewing. It is made available in the internet for free or purchase. http://ipod.about.com/od/itunes/g/podcast_define.htm

VoIPThis stands for Voice over

Internet Protocol. It is the free voice call from a standard internet connection. It is the method of taking analog audio signals and turning those to a digital data that can be transmitted through the internet.http://computer.howstuffworks.com/ip-telephony.htm

Online Chat

This stands for HyperText Markup Language. It is the authoring language used in making docuents in the World Wide Web. This also defines the structure and layout of a web document.

WWW (Worldwide Web)

Worldwide Web is the network of all resources in the internet formatted with HTML and accessed through using the HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol). It is all the images, videos and other online content available in the internet. It is simply called the web.http://www.techopedia.com/definition/5217/world-wide-web-www

Streaming

Media streaming is the transfer of data so it can be processed as steady and continuous stream. For it to work, the client should receive the data and send it as steady stream. If does not work as quickly as required it will saved in the buffer. An example of this is watching on-going concerts at home.http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/S/streaming.html

BlogBlog is like a diary online. It is

a user’s best bet for a voice among the online crowd. It is one’s personal website, packed with features. A user can post his thoughts and ideas. It is also as easy as the e-mail to use.http://blog.com/

Social NetworkingIt is the use of websites that

enable users to make connections. One can expand his business and/or social contacts using this practice. The examples of websites dedicated to this are Friendster, Facebook, Twitter, Yahoo and Tumblr.http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/social-networking

URLThis online terminology stands

for Uniform Resource Locator. It is a formatted text string used by web browsers to identify the network resource on the internet. This has three parts: the network protocol, host name or address, and the file or resource location. http://compnetworking.about.com/od/internetaccessbestuses/g/bldef-url.htm

Web Feed

It is a computer-readable file that summarises the information published on a web site. The popular RSS or the RDF Site Summary is used in this. This makes tracking of the contents easier for the users. Some of this is also available for download.http://www.nature.com/webfeeds/index.html

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