Frequently Used Online Terms
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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