On Internet Lingo

On Internet Lingo

Colleen Donica F. GarciaBachelor of Elementary Ed. Major in

Preschool EducationUniversity of Santo Tomas

EMAIL

• Also known as Electronic Mail

• A system of messaging from one computer to another

• Requires the use of Internet

• Can be used to send different types of media

Trivia:The most Favourite Email password as

of 2009 is 123456.

WIKI• A Website that collates work of

different people, from different countries around the world.

• Can refer to a software or website.

Trivia: Wiki is a term for quick in

Hawaiian

Social BookMarking

• A way of saving bookmarked web pages to a specific website.

• Links can be shared.

HTML

• Also known as Hypertext Mark up Language

• Markup symbols and codes encoded in a Webpage

Trivia: SGML is the Parent of

HTML.

Podcast

• Can be in the form of a video, audio,

• Downloaded from the net through a Website

• Usually part of a series

VoIP• Also known as Voice over Internet

Protocol

• A kind of technology that allows telephone calls over known networks

Trivia:The first VoIP call was made in

1974, on the ARPANET

Online Chat

• An exchange of messages between two or more people with the use of the Internet.

• Made-up of typed messages

WWW• Also known as the World Wide Web

• A directory of all websites connected to the internet around the world

Did you Know ? The Internet Weighs as much as 1

Strawberry

Streaming

• Data Streaming• Online files such as video and

audio• Can be played back without

being downloaded

Did you Know ? Over half of media traffic is media

streaming and file sharing

Blog• A kind of website

• Written Content would depend on the blog owner

Social Networking• Expansion of contacts through the net

• Making connections with individuals through different social networks available

URL• Also stands for Uniform

Source Locator

• A protocol in the internet for available web addresses

WebFeed• Also called Rss Feeds

• A channel that delivers content

• Very useful for delivering news

Sources:• http://mashable.com/2011/01/26/e-mail-facts/

• http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/e-mail

• http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/W/wiki.html

• http://www.killersites.com/blog/2010/html-nerd-trivia-what-exactly-is-html/

• http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/podcast

• http://www.business2community.com/tech-gadgets/6-fun-facts-you-didnt-know-about-voip-the-internet-0413111#!wHQYH

• http://compnetworking.about.com/cs/voicefaxoverip/g/bldef_voip.htm

• http://searchsoa.techtarget.com/definition/chatting

• http://www.techterms.com/definition/streaming

• http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blog

• http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/social-networking

• http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/url

• http://www.press-feed.com/howitworks/rss_tutorial.php