Module 2 BCIS

search operators

Definition: A character, word, or symbol that focuses a web search. Also called a Boolean operator.

Boolean operators

Definition: A character, word, or symbol that focuses a web search. Also called a search operator.

wiki

Definition: A collaborative website where you and your colleagues can modify and publish content on a webpage.

digital rights management (DRM)

Definition: A collection of technologies used by software publishers and trade groups to fight software piracy and prevent unauthorized copying of digital content; includes authentication, certificates of authenticity, encryption, and digital watermarks.

cookies

Definition: A file created by a website and that stores information on your computer, such as your website preferences; also called a first-party cookie.

Internet

Definition: A global collection of millions of computers linked together to share information.

cache

Definition: A holding area where your browser keeps a copy of each webpage you view. This temporary storage area helps speed up processing time.

hits

Definition: A list of matched results from an Internet search.

website

Definition: A location on the World Wide Web that contains webpages linked together.

Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)

Definition: A nonprofit group that sets standards to allow devices, services, and applications to work together across the Internet.

Creative Commons (CC)

Definition: A nonprofit organization that makes it easy for content creators to license and share their work by supplying easy-to-understand copyright licenses; the creator chooses the conditions under which the work can be used

general search engine

Definition: A nonspecialized search engine designed to find general results; general search engines include Google, Bing, and Yahoo!

browser

Definition: A program, such as Microsoft Edge, that is designed to display webpages.

Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS)

Definition: A protocol used to make a secure connection to a computer; identified by the "https" prefix in a URL and often used by banks and retail stores.

usage rights

Definition: A right that indicates when you can use, share, or modify the images you find online.

specialty search engine

Definition: A search engine that lets you search databases, news providers, podcasts, and other online information sources that general search engines do not always access.

Specialized search tools

Definition: A search tool that concentrates on specific resources, such as scholarly journals or the United States Congress.

Encryption

Definition: A security method of "scrambling" information as it is transmitted over a network. Information is scrambled in such a way that it cannot be read unless the user possesses the "key" to unlock it back to a readable format.

World Wide Web

Definition: A service consisting of websites located on computers around the world, connected through the Internet.

Wildcard

Definition: A special symbol that substitutes for unknown characters in search text; the most common are the question mark (?), which stands for any single character, and the asterisk (*), which represents any group of characters.

webpage

Definition: A specially formatted document that can contain text, graphics, sound, video, and links to other webpages.

3D Secure

Definition: A standard protocol for securing credit card transactions over the Internet.

Protocol

Definition: A standardized procedure used by computers to exchange information.

breadcrumbs

Definition: A step in the path you follow to display a webpage

IP address

Definition: A unique number that identifies every computer on the Internet; consists of four sets of numbers from 0 to 255 separated by periods, or dots, as in 216.35.148.4.

portal

Definition: A website that combines pages from many sources and provides access to those pages. Also called web portal.

web portal

Definition: A website that combines pages from many sources and provides access to those pages. Also shortened to portal.

media sharing site

Definition: A website that enables members to manage media such as photos, videos, and music.

content aggregator

Definition: A website that gathers, organizes, and then distributes web content.

fair use doctrine

Definition: Allows you to use a sentence or paragraph of text without permission if you include a citation to the original source.

web server

Definition: An Internet computer that stores webpages.

web apps

Definition: An app stored on an Internet server that can be run entirely in a web browser.

electronic storefront

Definition: An e-commerce website selling products or services.

search tool

Definition: An electronic tool that finds online information based on criteria you specify or selections you make.

public domain

Definition: An item, such as a photo, that is available and accessible to the public without requiring permission to use, and therefore not subject to copyright.

online social network

Definition: An online community where users can share their interests, ideas, stories, photos, music, and videos with other registered users via a social networking website, such as Facebook, Google Plus, Twitter, Instagram, or Snapchat.

web directory

Definition: An online guide to subjects or websites, usually arranged in alphabetic order. Also called a subject directory.

subject directory

Definition: An online guide to subjects or websites, usually arranged in alphabetic order. Also called a web directory.

copyright

Definition: An originator's exclusive legal right to reproduce, publish, or sell intellectual property.

E-commerce

Definition: Business transactions that occur over an electronic network such as the Internet.

Business-to-business (B2B)

Definition: E-commerce model in which businesses provide goods and services to consumers; the most widespread example is online shopping.

Business-to-consumer (B2C)

Definition: E-commerce model in which businesses provide goods and services to consumers; the most widespread example is online shopping.

Consumer-to-consumer (C2C)

Definition: E-commerce model in which consumers provide goods and services to other consumers; the most widespread example of this is online auctions.

hyperlinks

Definition: In Access, a data type for fields that store a link to a webpage, file, or email address.

index

Definition: In Access, a database object that is created based on a field or combination of fields. Also, a field property that keeps track of the order of the values in the field, and a list that relates field values to the records that contain those values.

query

Definition: In Access, an object that provides a spreadsheet-like view of data, similar to that in tables; it may provide the user with a subset of fields and/or records from one or more tables. Also, SQL commands that are used to retrieve data.

web

Definition: In Computer Concepts, a collection webpages located on computers around the world, connected through the Internet.

digital certificate

Definition: In Computer Concepts, a technology used to verify a user's identity by using a digital key and that has been "signed" by a trusted third party. This third party verifies the owner and that the key belongs to that owner.

search engines

Definition: In Computer Concepts, software used by search sites to locate relevant webpages by creating a simple query based on your search criteria and storing the collected data in a search database.

address bar

Definition: In Computer Concepts, the part of a browser window that displays the location of the current webpage.

domain name

Definition: In Computer Concepts, the portion of a URL or email address that identifies one or more IP addresses, such as cengage.com.

navigate

Definition: In Computer Concepts, to move from one webpage to another in a browser.

keywords

Definition: In Office, terms added to a file's Document Properties that help locate the file in a search.

navigation bar

Definition: In a browser, a set of buttons or hyperlinks that allows visitors to move to any page within a website.

citation style

Definition: In a formal reference to a published work such as a book, journal, magazine, or website, the sequence of elements and the punctuation between them; common citation styles include MLA, APA, or Chicago.

citation

Definition: In a research paper, a reference to a source; usually in parentheses at the end of a sentence.

intellectual property rights

Definition: Legal rights protecting those who create works such as photos, art, writing, inventions, and music.

World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)

Definition: One of the leading organizations that set guidelines for the web and that work together to write web standards.

app

Definition: Short for "application," a computer program that performs specific tasks; also called a program.

blogs

Definition: Short for web log, an informal website consisting of date- or time-stamped articles, or posts, in a diary or journal format.

crawlers

Definition: Software that combs the web to find webpages and add new data about them to a database. Also called spider.

spiders

Definition: Software that combs the web to find webpages and add new data about them to the database. Also called crawler.

application

Definition: Software that lets users perform specific tasks; also called a program or an app.

Transport Layer Security (TLS)

Definition: Technology used to encrypt data that helps protect consumers and businesses from fraud and identity theft when conducting commerce on the Internet.

information literacy

Definition: The ability to find, evaluate, use, and communicate online information.

word stem

Definition: The base of a word, used in a web search to broaden a search.

start page

Definition: The main webpage around which a website is built or the webpage opens every time you start a browser. Also called a home page.

home page

Definition: The main webpage around which a website is built that opens every time you start a browser.

Ethics

Definition: The moral principles that govern people's behavior; many schools and other organizations post codes of conduct for computer use, which can help you make ethical decisions while using a computer.

Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)

Definition: The most common way to transfer information around the web; when the URL for a webpage starts with http://, the web browser uses this protocol for transferring the information.

top-level domain (TLD)

Definition: The three-letter extension after the period in a domain name, the TLD identifies the type of organization associated with the domain.

uniform resource locator (URL)

Definition: The webpage address that identifies the location of the file on the Internet.

plagiarism

Definition: To copy or use someone else's work and claim it as your own.

paraphrase

Definition: To restate an idea using different words from the original; paraphrasing someone else's idea still constitutes plagiarism, which is claiming someone else's idea as your own.