Common Online Terminologies

Pamela Ishbel Sy CarpioBachelor of Secondary Education

University of Santo Tomas

EmailElectronic mail, most commonly referred to

as email or e-mail is a method of exchanging digital messages from an author to one or more

recipients.

WikiA wiki is usually a web

application which allows people to add, modify, or delete

content in collaboration with others. Text is usually written

using a simplified mark up language or a rich-text editor.

Social Bookmarking• A social

bookmarking service is a centralized online service

which enables users to add, annotate, edit, and

share bookmarks of web documents.

HTML•HTML or HyperText Markup Language is the main mark

up language for creating web pages and

other information that can be displayed in a web

browser.

Podcast•A podcast or netcast is

a digital medium consisting of an episodic series of audio,

video, PDF, or ePub files subscribed to

and downloaded through web syndication or streamed online to a computer or

mobile device.

VolPVoIP is a technology that allows telephone calls to be made over

computer networks like the Internet. VoIP converts analog voice signals into digital data packets and supports real-

time, two-way transmission of conversations using Internet Protocol

(IP).

Online ChatOnline chat may refer to any kind of communication over

the internet that offers a real-time transmission of text messages from

sender to receiver.

World Wide WebThe World Wide

Web (abbreviated as WWW or W3, commonly

known as the web) is a system of interlinked hypertext

documents accessed via the Internet.

StreamingStreaming

media is multimedia that is constantly received by and presented to an end-

user while being delivered by a provider.

Social Networking

•Social networking is the practice of expanding the number of one's business and/or social contacts by

making connections through individuals.

URLA URL (Uniform Resource

Locator, previously Universal Resource

Locator) is the unique address for a file that is

accessible on the Internet.

Blog•A blog (a truncation of the

expression web log) is a discussion or informational site published on the World Wide Web and consisting of

discrete entries ("posts") typically displayed in reverse chronological order (the most

recent post appears first).

Web FeedA web feed (or news

feed) is a data format used for

providing users with frequently updated

content. 

Sources• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_bookmarking

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcast

• http://www.slideshare.net/AileeneTan/common-online-terminologies-30744801?from_search=1

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_chat

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Web

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streaming_media

• http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/social-networking

• http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/definition/URL

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_feed