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Chapter 2: Connecting and Communicating online: The internet, websites, and media Flashcards

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A worldwide collection of networks that connects millions of businesses, government agencies, educational institutions, and individuals.

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Internet

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Became functional in September 1969, linking scientific and academic researchers across the United States.

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ARPANET (Advance Research Projects Agency Network)

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Wireless network that provides Internet connections to mobile computers and devices.

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Hotspot

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Share the internet of one device to another machine has wifi access in it to use the other device’s internet.

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Hotspot

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It transforms a smartphone into a portable communications device that shares its Internet access with other computers and devices wirelessly.

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Tethering

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A process in which you can share the data or anything while connecting the device with the help of a Data cable or USB cable.

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Tethering

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Refers to high-speed internet access.

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Broadband

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Is a business or company that provides individuals and organizations access to the internet free or for a fee. Example: PLDT, Globe, Fiber, etc.

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Internet Service Providers (ISP)

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Represents the amount of data that travels over a network.

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Bandwidth

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One million characters, which is equal to 1,024 kilobytes.

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Megabytes

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Equal to one billion characters, which is equal to 1,024 megabytes.

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Gigabytes

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

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Mobile Service Provider (wireless data provider)

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Is the smallest unit of information in a computer. It is used to store data and implement in groups of bytes.

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Bit (Binary Digit)

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Is a sequence of numbers that uniquely identifies the location of each computer or device connected to the Internet.

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IP Address (Internet Protocol Address)

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Is the text-based name that corresponds to the IP address of a server that hosts a website.

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Domain Name

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It is the suffix name of the domain that identifies the type of organization associated with the domain name.

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Top-Level Domain

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Is the method that the Internet uses to store domain names and their corresponding IP addresses. The _____server translates the domain name to its associated IP address so that the request can be routed to the correct computer.

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Domain Name System (DNS)

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Translates the domain name to its associated IP address so that the request can be routed to the correct computer.

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Domain Name System Server

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Is a server on the internet that usually is associated with an ISP. It translates the domain name to its associated IP address.

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DNS server

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An application that enables users with an internet connection to access and view webpages on a computer.

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Browser

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TLD: .com

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commercial organizations, businesses, and companies

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TLD: .edu

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educational insitutions

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TLD: .gov

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government agencies

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TLD: .mil

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military organizations

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TLD: .net
network or commercial
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TLD: .org
nonprofit organizations
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Refers to the first page that is displayed on a web.
Homepage
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Where the top of the browser shows a tab for each webpage you display. It allows us to have multiple home pages that automatically are displayed when the browser runs.
Tabbed Browsing
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A webpage has a unique address. And that identifier is used to locate a resource on the internet.
Web address or URL (Uniform Resource Locator)
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Is a set of rules that defines how webpages transfer on the internet.
HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol)
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Is the business of housing, serving, and maintaining files for one or more websites. Example: When a company that has space on servers and people buy space to store their websites so they can appear on the internet.
Hosting / Web Hosting
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Is an application stored on a web server that you can access through a browser.
Web App
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An application you download from a mobile device's app store or other location on the Internet to a smartphone.
Mobile App
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Is the creation and maintenance of websites.
Web Publishing
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Is a navigation system that consist of one or more earth-based receivers that accept and analyze signals sent by satellites in order to determine the receiver's geographic location.
GPS (Global Positioning System)
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Is a software that finds websites, webpages, images, videos, news, maps, and other information.
Search Engine
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The word or phrase that you enter in the search engine.
Search Text
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A website that enables members to manage and share media such as photos, videos, and music.
Media Sharing Site
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A website that enables members to organize, tag, and share links to media and other online content. (Promote books in social media channels).
Bookmarketing site
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An informal website consisting of time-stamped articles or posts in a diary or journal format usually listed in a reverse chronological order.
Blog (weblog)
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The worldwide collection of blogs.
Blogosphere
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Allows users to publish short messages usually between 100-200 characters for others to read.
Microblog
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Type of collaborative website that allows users to create, add, modify, or delete the website content via a browser.
Wiki
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Is any application that combines text with media.
Multimedia
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Is a visual representation of nontext information, such as drawing, chart, or photo.
Graphics
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Is a small version of a larger image.
Thumbnail
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Is a visual representation of data or information, designed to communicate quickly, simplify complex concepts, or present patterns or trends.
Infographic (Information graphic)
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Is compressed graphics format that attempts to reach a balance between image quality and file size. The more compressed the file, the smaller the image and the lower the quality (JPG).
JPEG
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A patent-free compressed graphics format that restored all image details when the file is view. This does not lose image quality during compression.
PNG
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Is an electronic image format by Adobe systems that mirrors the appearance of an original document.
PDF (Portable Document Format)
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The appearance of motion created by displaying a series of still images in sequence.
Animation
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This includes music, speech, or any other sound. That uses media player to play this.
Audio
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Consists of images displayed in motion with accompanying audio.
Video
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Is the use of computers to simulate a real or imagines environment that appears as a three-dimensional (3D) space.
Virtual Reality (VR)
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Is a program that extends the capability of a browser or to display multimedia. This adds new functions to a host program without altering the host program itself.
Plug-in
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Is the transmission of messages and files via a computer network. This is one of the original services on the internet.
Email
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The combination of user name and a domain name that identifies a user so that he can receive Internet email.
Email Address
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A unique combination of characters that identifies a specific user.
User name
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Allows to create, send, receive, forward, store, print, and delete email messages.
Email Program
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Is a real-time typed conversation.
Chat
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Is a group of email addresses used for mass distribution of a message.
Email Lists
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Are communication services that notify you when one or more of your established contacts are online and then allows you to exchange messages or files or join a private chat room with them.
Instant Messaging
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A website or application that permits users to chat with others who are online at the same time (GC).
Chat rooms
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An online area in which users have written discussions about a particular subject.
Online Discussion
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It enables users to speak to other users via their internet connection. It uses the internet to connect a calling party to one or more local or long distance called parties.
VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol)
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An internet standard that permits file uploading and downloading to and from other computers on the internet.
FTP (File Transfer Protocol)
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It is a computer that allows users to upload and/or download files using FTP.
FTP server
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Is the code of acceptable behavior users should follow while on the internet.
Netiquette

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