MC 110 Ch. 10

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Three major components of the Web

1. Uniform Resource Locator (URL) 2. Hypertext Transfer Protocol (http) 3. Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)

Weblog (Blog)

A collection of links and commentary in hypertext form on the World Wide Web that can be created and posted on the Internet with relatively little effort. Can be public diaries, collections of photos, or commentaries on the news

Internet

A diverse set of independent networks, interlinked to provide its users with the appearance of a single, uniform network; a mass medium like no other, incorporating elements of interpersonal, group, and mass communications

Broadband Service

A high-speed continuous connection to the Internet using a cable modem from a cable television provider or a digital subscriber line from a phone company

Electronic Mail (E-mail)

A message sent from one computer user to another across a network

Packet Switching

A method for breaking up long messages into small pieces, or packets, and transmitting them independently across a computer network. Once the packets arrive at their destination, the receiving computer reassembles the message into its original form

Hacker Ethic

A set of values from the early days of interactive computing that holds that users should have absolute control over their computer systems and free access to all information contained on those computers. This shaped much of the development of the Internet

World Wide Web

A system developed by Tim Berners-Lee that allows users to view and link documents located anywhere in the world using standard software

Instant Messaging (IM)

E-mail systems that allow two or more users to chat with one another in real time, hold virtual meeting that span multiple cities or even countries, and keep track of which of their "buddies" are currently logged on to the system

Listservs

Internet discussion groups made up of subscribers that use e-mail to exchange messages between as few as a dozen people or as many as several thousand

Citizen Journalism

Journalism created by people other than professional journalists, often distributed over the Internet

Hypertext

Material in a format containing links that allow the reader to move easily from one section to another and from document to document. The most commonly used _________ documents are Web pages

Hypertext Transfer Protocol

One of the 3 major components of the Web; a method of sending text, graphics, or anything else over the Internet from a sever to a Web browser

Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)

One of the 3 major components of the Web; the programming language used to create and format Web pages

Digital Native

Online media that do not have a traditional legacy media components; online-only media

eSports

Organized video game team competition for an audience on streaming, cable, or broadcast television. Can also be played in front of a live audience

Aggregator Sites

Sites that offer help in navigating the Web, and individuals who have something they want to say

TCP/IP

TCP stands for Transmission Control Protocol, which controls how data are sent out on the Internet; IP stands for Internet Protocol, which provides the address for each computer on the Internet. These protocols provided common rules and translations so that incompatible computers could communicate with each other

ARAPAnet

The Advanced Research Projects Agency Network: the first nationwide computer network, which became the first major component of the Internet

Cookies

Tiny files that Web sites create to identify visitors and potentially track their actions on the site and on the Web

Social Media

Web sites that allow users to generate content, comment, tag, and network with friends or other like-minded people

Uniform Resource Locator (URL)

one of the 3 major components of the Web; the address of content placed on the Web

Mosaic

the first easy-to-use graphical Web browser, developed by a group of student programmers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign


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