ISDS Ch. 2 Notes
Pros of Web Apps:
-Access web apps from any device with a browser and internet connection -Collaborate with each other no matter location -Store your work on the apps website so you can access it anytime -Access the latest version without installing updates
Header of a webpage:
-At the top of a webpage -Usually includes a logo to identify the organization sponsoring the webpage and a title -Can have a search bar
To get the most out of a search, you should:
-Be as specific as possible with information your seeking -Phase as a question -ID keywords or phrases that could answer the question -Select appropriate search tool
How to find deals on the internet:
-Comparison shopping sites -Digital deals (gift cards, coupons)
How do webpages pop up:
-Compiles a database of information about webpages -Uses spiders or crawlers which build an index of terms and their location
What does 3D secure use to secure transaction?
-Encryption -Digital certificates
How to identify secure websites:
-Encryption (https) -Digital certificate -Lock icon
Major components of a webpage:
-Header -Navigation bar -Body -Sidebar -Footer
World Wide Web Consortium:
-Hundreds of organizations and experts that work together to write web standards -Publish standards on topics ranging from building webpages to technologies for enabling web access from any device to browser and search engine design
Cons of Web Apps:
-Must be online -Files are more vulnerable -If web app has technical issues you can't access work -If web app goes out of business you may lose files -Often offer fewer features and may run more slowly
If you have information literacy you can do the following:
-Navigate many sources of information -Select the right tool for the information you need -Recognize that not all information is created equally -Manage information
Tools to navigate the web:
-Search bar -Cache -Breadcrumbs -Navigation Bar
Refine web searches:
-Search engines list the most revenant results/hits on the first page -You can search by images, videos, etc
Who makes a decision on B2B transaction?
A team of people
.edu
Academic and research sites
Server Address:
Address of the server storing the webpage
Uniform Resource Locator (URL):
Address that identifies the location of the page on the internet
Pathname:
Address to the folder containing the webpage
Fair use doctrine:
Allow you to use a sentence or paragraph of text without permission if you include a citation to the original source
Web directory or subject directory:
An online guide to subjects or websites, usually in alphabetical order
Browser:
App designed to display webpages
Web Apps:
Apps you run entirely in a browser
Footer of a webpage:
At the bottom, contains links to other parts of the website and lists information about the webpage such as when it was updated
Digital rights management:
Authentication, copy protection, or encryptions that limit access to proprietary materials
Credibility:
Author
What is most e-commerce?
B2B
Navigation bar on a webpage:
Bar or menu lists links to other major parts to the website
Body of a webpage:
Body is the main content area of the webpage, and can provide text, images, audio, or video
Cache:
Browser keeps a copy of each page you view so the next time you go to a webpage, it can load more quickly
E-Commerce:
Business transactions on an electronic network
How are websites maintained and created?
By a company, organization, institution, group, or person
How are webpages ranked when you search?
By how closely they answer your query
CARS method:
C --> Credibility A --> Accuracy R --> Reasonableness S --> Support
Search operators (Boolean operations)
Characters, words, or symbols that focus the search
Wiki:
Collaborative website where you and your colleagues can modify and publish content on a webpage
Website:
Collection of webpages
Sidebar of a webpage:
Column on the left or the right to provide supplemental material
Specialized search tools:
Concentrate on specific resources, such as scholarly journals or the US congress
Business to Business:
Consists of business providing goods and services to other businesses
Role of E-commerce in daily life for consumers? businesses?
Consumer --> convient Business --> can increase revenue
Web Server:
Delivers webpages to computer requesting the pages through a browser
Webpage:
Electronic document that can contain text, graphics, sound, video, and links to other webpages
How do general search engines work:
Enter a search term or phrase (query) and then dozen of webpages pop up
Reasonableness:
Fair and sensible, identify purpose of webpage
Boolean #...# means what?
Find webarges within a range of numbers
Search Tool:
Finds online information based on criteria you specify or selections you make
Boolean " " means what?
Finds webpages with exact words
Citation:
Formal reference to a source, such as a published work
Content Aggregator:
Gather, organizes, and then distributes web content. Subscribers choose the type of content they want
Copyright:
Gives authors and artists the legal right to sell, publish, or distribute an original work
Internet:
Global collection of millions of computers linked together to share information worldwide
Internet Engineering Task Force:
Group that sets the standards that allow devices, services, and applications to work together across the internet
Breadcrumbs:
How the browser keeps track of pages you have viewed in sequence
Information Literacy:
How you find, evaluate, use, and communicate online information
What do search tools use to create the index and select categories?
Human editors
Domain name:
Identifies one or more IP address
Navigation Bar:
Includes back and forward to revise webpages along the breadcrumb path
.int
International treaty organizations
Business to Consumer:
Involves the sale of goods and services to the general public. Fixed prices
Public Domain:
Item is available and accessible to the public without requiring permission to use, not subject to copyright
Intellectual property rights:
Legal rights protecting those who create works such as photos, art, writing, inventions, and music
Specialty Search Engine:
Lets you search databases, news providers, podcasts, and other online information sources
.pro
Licensed professionals
Citation Styles:
MLA, APA, Chicago
Media Sharing Site:
Manage media such as photos, videos, and music and share them with other site members
Consumer to consumer has __________ sellers instead of just a single merchant hosting a B2C site
Many
.com
Most commercial sites that sell products and services
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP):
Most common way to transfer information around the web to retrieve the apge
File name:
Name of the webpage file
.net
Network providers, ISPs, and other internet administrative organizations
Ex of content aggregator:
News360 or FlipBoard
Creative Commons:
Nonprofit organization that helps content creators keep copyright to their materials while allowing others to use, copy, or distribute their work
Boolean - means
Not
Consumer to Consumer:
One consumer sells directly to another
Boolean | means what?
Or
.org
Organizations that are usually professional and nonprofit
Server:
Powerful networked computer that provides resources to other computers
Support:
Quote from experts, support to the information
Products include in B2B:
Raw material, tools, machinery, electronics
Paraphrase:
Restate an idea using words different from those used in the original text
What is included in search tools?
Search engines and search boxes on webpages
What search engine is better for research?
Search tools
Cons of e-commerce:
Security, fraud, indirect experience
Ethics:
Set of moral principles that govern peoples behavior
Ex of what the internet engineering task force does:
Sets standards for IP addresses
Ex of business to consumer:
Shopping websites
.mobi
Sites optimized for mobile devices
Cookies:
Small text files generated by a web server that act like a storage bin for items you place in your shopping cart
Search Engines:
Software designed to find webpages based on search criteria
Spiders/Crawlers:
Software that combs the web to find webpages and add new data about them to the database
App:
Software you use to perform a task
What search engine is more efficient if you need to research the latest academic study?
Specialized search tool
3D Secure:
Standard protocol for securing credit card transactions over the internet
Protocol:
Standardized procedure computers use to exchange information
TLD is approved and controlled by:
The public technical identifies
Top Level Domain (TLD) identifies:
The type of organization associated with the domain
Hyperlink:
To display a different webpage, you use links you can click to display a webpage or other resource on the Internet
IP address:
Unique number that consists of four sets of numbers that identifies every computer on the interner
.biz
Unrestricted business
To broaden a search you should
Use a word stem (base of a word)
Transport Layer Security:
Used by e-commerce sites to encrypt data to help prevent from fraud and identity theft
Encryption:
Used by secure website that scrambles or codes data as it is transmitted over a network so its not readable until its decrypted
How do business to consumer website track your selected items?
Using cookies
Plagiarism:
Using the work or ideas of someone else and claiming them as your own
Pros of E-commerce:
Variety, convenience, budget
Digital Certificate:
Verifies the identity of the organization and vouch for the authenticity of website
Accuracy:
Verify its facts and claims, evaluate information source
Homepage/Start page:
Webpage that appears when you open a browser
Web Portal:
Website that combines pages from many sources and provides access to those pages
Online social network:
Website to share interest, ideas, stories, photos, music, and videos online
Boolean * means what?
Wildcard (placeholder)
Does paraphrasing still need to be cited?
YES
IF you use content from an article, but change some of the words do you still have to site?
YES
Should you be skeptical about information you find online
YES
Do prices vary on B2B websites?
Yes
Ex of media sharing site:
Youtube, Flicker
