Module 2: Connecting and Communicating Online

Tag

A short, descriptive label that you assign to webpages, photos, videos, and other digital content so that it is easier to locate later

VoIP

Voice over internet protocol, enables users to speak to each other via internet connection

ISP/ Internet Service Provider

a business or an organization that provides access to the internet free or for a fee

E Commerce

a business transaction that occurs over an electronic network, such as the internet

Wiki

a collaborative website that allows users to create, add, modify, or delete the website content

Pop Up Blocker

a filtering program that stops pop up ads from displaying on web pages

E Mail List

a group of email addresses used for mass distribution of a message

GPS Receiver

a handheld, mountable, or embedded device that contains an antenna, radio receiver, and processor

Chat

a real time typed conversation that takes place on a computer or mobile device with many online users

Emoticons

a set of symbols that represent emotion

Search Engine

a software that finds websites, webpages, images, video, news, maps, and other information related to a specific topic

Domain Name

a text-based name that corresponds to the IP address of a server, such as a web server that hosts a website

Megabyte

a unit of data measurement equal to about one million characters

Graphic

a visual representation of non-text information

Portal

a website that offers a variety of internet services from a single, convenient location

Responsive Web Design

adapts the layout of the website to fit the screen on which it is being displayed

Content Aggregation

allows user to collect and compile content from a variety of websites about a particular topic

Mobile Service Provider

an ISP that offers wireless internet access to computers and mobile devices with the necessary built-in wireless capability

Webpage

an electronic document on the web

Emojis

an image that represents emotion

Blog

an informal website consisting of time-stamped articles in diary or journal format

Online Auction

bidding on an item sold by someone else over the internet

Traffic

communications activity

FTP

file transfer protocol, an internet standard that permits file uploading and downloading to and from other computers on the internet

GB

gigabyte, a unit of data measurement equal to about one billion characters

GPS

global positioning system, a navigation system that consists of one or more earth-based receivers that accept and analyze signals sent by satellites in order to determine the receiver's geographic location

HTML

hypertext markup language is a set of symbols that developers use to specify the formatting of webpages

IP Address

internet protocol address, a sequence of numbers that uniquely identifies the location of each computer or device connected to the internet or any other network

Hashtag

the # symbol that describes or categorizes a post

Netiquette

the code of acceptable behaviors users should follow on the internet

Web Publishing

the creation and maintenance of websites

Home page

the first page that is displayed on a website

Streaming

the process of transferring data in a continuous and even flow, allowing users to access and use a file while it is transmitting

Web Address

the unique address of a web page

Virtual Reality

the use of computers to simulate three dimensional space

World Wide Web

the worldwide collection of electronic documents

Tabbed Browsing

where the top of a browser shows a tab for each webpage you display