chapter 4 ITECH 1001

Bcc

Any email address placed in the Bcc, or blind carbon copy, will be invisible to the recipients of your message.

protocols

Computers that communicate over a network must follow certain rule to ensure that the transmission is sent properly and understood.

Internet service provider (ISP)

Every type of Internet service requires a connection and monthly payment

residential gateway

For homes, the ISP will usually provide a router is a device that connects your home's network to the Internet.

Protocol

HTTP is the standard web protocol

ARPANET

In 1969, the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) of the U.S. Department of Defense began connecting computers at four universities in the western United States. The resulting network was

online payment service

Many argue that the best way to pay is by using an such as PayPal or Google Wallet

podcasts

Many of these are typically prerecorded and can be downloaded from a variety of sources.

HTTP (hypertext transfer protocol).

Request web pages are transmitted using a protocol known as

website

Several related pages that connect to each other are referred to

Internet meme

Some content can become so popular and widespread over time that it ends up becoming an

learning management system (LMS)

Students can complete exams, turn in work, and communicate with their instructor and classmates.

Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)

Students who simply want to learn and do not require course credit can now enroll

CSNET

The National Science Foundation (NSF) created CSNET in 1981 to bring together researchers in the field of computer science.

Domain

The domain name uniquely identifies a site and a brand on the web

dial-up

The first way in which most users connected to the Internet was using a connection with their phone line.

HTML (hypertext markup language)

The fundamental language of a web page is used along with newer languages such as CSS and JavaScript.

hyperlink

The hypertext in these documents refers to text that is capable or connector to another piece of text or document called the.

Folders and file

The last part of a URL will list the folders and subfolders where the web page file is located

TCP/IP

The protocols at the heart of Internet communication are known as

Cc

The section known as Cc, or carbon copy, is used to send a copy of your message to individuals other than your primary recipient.

peer-to-peer (P2P)

This method uses a distributed network of individual users instead of a central server to transfer files.

IP address

Today, every computer or device that is on the Internet uniquely identifies it.

plagiarism

Turning in the work of another as if it were your own or failing to cite the source of your work is known

web pages

Web-based documents are normally referred to as

web servers

Websites are typically located, or hosted, on servers known as

backbones

With continued growth, various companies upgraded existing networks and refer to the connections that carry most of the Internet's traffic.

news aggregators

allow you to pick a variety of news sources in different categories so that articles can be presented to you in a magazine-style interface for easy reading.

data plan

allows you to connect your mobile devices to the Internet using a cellular network.

World Wide Web

also known as the web or WWW is a global system of linked, hypertext documents.

Cookies

are small data files that remember users and their preferences for a specific website.

tethering

feature to make your phone act as a wireless access point.

wiki

is a collaborative information site that relies on the Internet community to both create and edit content

plug-in

is a separate program that allows your web browser to play several types of multimedia content.

web portal

is a website that provides a variety of useful information and services to visitors.

extension

is also a separate program, but its purpose is to add a variety of useful features to the web browser.

microblogging

is essentially a short-form blog, is one where users share brief thoughts, links, and multimedia.

Real-time communication

is sometimes preferably to email because messages and conversations between two or more people occur instantaneously.

webcast

is the broadcast of various types of media, such as radio and TV, over the web.

broadband

is used to describe any digital data connection that can transmit information faster than standard dial-up by using a wider band of frequencies.

E-commerce

means doing business online, such as when a consumer buys a product over the web instead of going to a store to buy it.

Subdomain

of a URL is located just before the domain. It usually indicates a specific subdivision or server within a large site.

forums

or discussion boards, where individuals can ask questions and reply to each other.

browser cache

or temporary Internet files, contains every single page, image, and video for all the web pages you have recently retrieved.

mobile hotspot

refers to a device that can connect to a mobile network and offer Internet access to multiple devices near it.

Web 2.0

refers to a new way to use the web, whereby any user can create and share content, as well as provide opinions on existing content

NSFNET

the NSF created a new high-speed network that could transmit data at 25 times the speed of CSNET.

Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)

translates analog voice signals into digital data and uses the Internet to transport the data.

pay-per-click model

where advertisers pay for their ads only when a website visitor click on them.

Banner ads

which appear as thin rectangular ads on web pages.

modem

which is a device that can convert digital information from a computer into the analog sound waves that could be transmitted over the phone lines.