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