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Chapter 12
College Success Skills
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Business
Professional
01/09/2013

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Blog
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Short for "web blog" or "weblog"; a log or journal-type series of entries displayed on the Web.
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Browser
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A software program that is used to view web pages.
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Download
Definition
Save test, image, or media file from the Internet to a computer.
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Hyperlink
Definition
Highlighted words or phrases containing an address or URL that links on e web site to another.
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Internet
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An expansive worldwide electronic network that is made up of thousands of smaller networks, including governmental, commercial, and educational networks.
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ISP
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Internet Service Provider; company through which access to the Internet is gained on a paid subscription basis.
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Metasearch engine
Definition
Search programs that query multiple search engines at once and provide the results.
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Podcast
Definition
Utilizes RSS technology to allow web site subscribers to view or listen to new audio or video content that is automatically delivered where and when specified by the subscriber.
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Post
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An entry of text, hypertext, images, links, or audio or video files on a blog.
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Protocols
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Standard "languages: used by the Internet that allow large computer networks to interconnect and communicate with one another.
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RSS feed
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Rich Site Summary or Really Simple Syndication; offers news feeds or brief summaries of a web site's new/updated content to users.
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Search engine
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A computer program that recognizes keywords then locates specific web pages.
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Subject directory
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A database of hand-chosen sites that have been reviewed and selected by people rather than by a computer program.
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URL
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Uniform Resource Locator; the address of a web site.
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wiki
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A type of web site that allows users to easily add and edit content; Hawaiian for "quick" or "fast".
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World Wind Web
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A huge system of linked resources on the Internet that contain hyperlinks to other resources or web sites.
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