E-Communication Flashcards
(17 cards)
E-Communication
Any transfer of signs, signals, writing, images, sounds, data, or intelligence
VOIP
Voice over internet protocol is a category of hardware and software that enables people to use the Internet as the transmission medium for telephone calls by sending voice data in packets using IP rather than by traditional circuit transmissions of the PSTN.
SMS
Short Message Service (SMS) is a text messaging service component of most telephone, World Wide Web, and mobile telephony systems. It uses standardized communication protocols to enable mobile phone devices to exchange short text messages.
IMS
Instant Messaging Service
MMS
Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) is a standard way to send messages that include multimedia content to and from a mobile phone over a cellular network. … The MMS standard extends the core SMS (Short Message Service) capability, allowing the exchange of text messages greater than 160 characters in length.
Messages distributed by electronic means from one computer user to one or more recipients via a network.
Username
An identification used by a person with access to a computer, network, or online service.
ISP
Internet Service Provider
Domain
An area of territory owned or controlled by a ruler or government.
CC
In e-mail, a carbon copy (abbreviated “cc,” and sometimes “fcc” for “first carbon copy”) is a copy of a note sent to an addressee other than the main addressee. A blind carbon copy is a copy sent to an addressee that is not visible to the main and carbon copy addressees.
BCC
Blind Carbon Copy
Attachment
An extra part or extension
Spamming
Send the same message indiscriminately to (large numbers of recipients) on the Internet.
Trolling
Make a deliberately offensive or provocative online post with the aim of upsetting someone or eliciting an angry response from them.
Social Engineering
The use of centralized planning in an attempt to manage social change and regulate the future development and behavior of a society.
Netiquette
The correct or acceptable way of communicating on the Internet.
URL
The address of a World Wide Web page