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| A software program that finds & retrieves the latest updates of web material (usually podcasts) according to your specifications. |
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| A personal log or journal posted on the web; short for web log. |
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| Features in some browsers that place markers of websites' Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) in an easily retrievable list. |
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| Words used to refine logical searches. For Internet searches, the words AND, NOT, & OR describe the relationships between keywords in the search. |
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| A navigation aid that shows the users the path they have taken to get to a web page or where the page is located within the website; it usually appears at the top of a page. |
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| Business-to-Business (B2B) |
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| E-commerce transactions between businesses. |
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| Business-to-Consumer (B2C) |
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| E-commerce transactions between businesses & consumers. |
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| A computer that requests information from a server in a client/server network (such as your computer when you are connected to the Internet). |
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| A type of network that uses servers to deliver services to computers that are requesting them (clients). |
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| Consumer-to-Consumer (C2C) |
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| E-commerce transactions between consumers through online sites such as EBay. |
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| A part of a Uniform Resource Locator (URL). Domain names consist of two parts: the site's host & a suffix that indicates the type of organization (example: popsci.com, where popsci is the domain name & com is the suffix). |
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| E-Commerce (Electronic Commerce) |
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| The process of conducting business online for purposes ranging from fund-raising to advertising to selling products. |
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| Internet-based communication in which senders & recipients correspond. |
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| A software program that runs on a computer & is used to send & receive e-mail through an Internet service provider's server. |
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| A feature in Microsoft Internet Explorer that places a marker of a website's Uniform Resource Locator (URL) in an easily retrievable list in the browser's toolbar. (Called Bookmarks in some browsers.) |
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| File Transfer Protocol (FTP) |
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| A protocol used to upload & download files from one computer to another over the Internet. |
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| The portion of a domain name that certifies who maintains a given website. For example, Berkeley.edu is the domain name for the University of California at Berkeley, which maintains that site. |
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| A type of specially coded text that, when clicked, enables a user to jump from one location, or web page, to another within a website or to another website altogether. |
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| Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) |
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| The protocol that allows files to be transferred from a web server so that you can see them on your computer by using a browser. |
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| A program that enables users to communicate online in real time with others who are also online. |
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| A network of networks that's the largest network in the world, connecting billions of computers globally. |
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| The main pathway of high-speed communications lines over which all Internet traffic flows. |
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| Internet Protocol (IP) Address |
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| The means by which all computers connected to the Internet identify each other. It consists of a unique set of four numbers separated by dots, such as 123.45.178.91. |
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| (1) A specific word a user wishes to query (or look for) in an Internet search. (2) A specific word that has a predefined meaning in a particular programming language. |
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| A bookmark that delivers updates as soon as they become available, using Really Simple Syndication (RSS). |
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| A search engine, such as Dogpile, that searches other search engines rather than individual websites. |
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| Anything that includes one or more forms of media plus text. |
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| The information after the slash that indicates a particular file or path (or subdirectory) within the website. |
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| A small software program that "plugs in" to a web browser to enable a specific function-for example, to view & hear certain multimedia files on the web. |
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| A clip of audio or video content that's broadcast over the Internet using compressed audio or video files in formats such as MP3. |
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| Really Simple Syndication (RSS) |
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| An HTML-based format that allows frequent updates of content on the World Wide Web. |
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| A set of programs that searches the web for specific words (or keywords) you wish to query (or look for) & that then returns a list of the websites on which those keywords are found. |
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| A network security protocol that provides for the encryption of data transmitted using the Internet. The current versions of all major web browsers support SSL. |
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| An evolving extension of the World Wide Web in which information is defined in such a way as to make it more easily readable by computers. |
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| A computer that provides resources to other computers on a network. |
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| A subset of e-commerce that uses social networks to assist in marketing & purchasing products. |
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| A means by which people use the Internet to communicate & share information among their immediate friends & to meet & connect with others through common interests, experiences, & friends. |
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| Technology that enables audio or video files to be fed to a browser continuously. This lets users avoid having to download an entire file before viewing. |
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| A structured outline of websites organized by topics & subtopics. |
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| Tagging (Social Bookmarking) |
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| Identifiers images or content on a website under a category using keywords. |
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| The suffix, often of three letters (such as .com or .edu), in the domain name that indicates the kind of organization the host is. |
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| Uniform Resource Locator (URL) |
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| A website's unique address; an example is Microsoft.com. |
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| Video Log (Vlog or video blog) |
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| A personal online journal that uses video as the primary content in addition to text, images, & audio. |
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| Tools & web-based services that emphasize online collaboration & sharing among users. |
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| A type of e-mail system that's managed by a web browser & that allows access to e-mail from the web. |
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| Software installed on a computer system that allows individuals to locate, view, & navigate the web. |
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| The broadcast of audio or video content over the Internet. Unlike a podcast, a webcast is not updated automatically. |
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| A computer running a specialized operating system that enables it to host web pages (& other information) & to provide requested web pages to clients. |
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| A type of website that allows anyone visiting the site to change its content by adding, removing, or editing the content. |
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