Activity 13 common online terminologies

Exploring Internetthrough

Vocabulary

By Gilchrist C. Yap Jr.

Bachelor of Secondary Education University of Santo Tomas

EMAILEmail refers to the way two or more users, usually distant to each other,

interchange messages through the aid of the internet.

BLOGAny informational or personal site or page published in the world wide web that contains series of

entries usually arranged from the very recent up to the first post.

ONLINE CHAT Live communication between two or more distant persons done using

social networking.

SOCIAL BOOKMARKINGit is an online feature that allows web users to share, tag, and edit

bookmarks of webpage and web documents

URLRefers to Universal Resource Locator. It is the address of any webpages,

or web documents found in the world wide web

STREAMINGA term used to identify the process of transferring any media, videos, or

audio to another user through the web

PODCASTAny media that is subscribed to and downloaded from any websites to

any electronic devices such as desktop, mobile phones, and tablets

VoIPRefers to Voice over Internet Protocol, it is a way of communicating in the

web using voice mail

WIKIWeb site that allows users to add or update its contents through any web

browsers

SOCIAL NETWORKINGDefines as the process of interaction between various users, organizations, or groups through messaging, online chat, and sharing by using social sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and other

social sites

WWWRefers to as World Wide Web, it refers to a wide collection of internet

resources that can be accessed by web browsers.

HTMLHypertext Markup Language is a language that is used in creating web

documents and other websites

WEB FEED It is a data format used for providing users with frequently updated

content.