This document defines and describes common online terminology used on the internet. It includes definitions for 13 terms: email, wiki, social bookmarking, HTML, podcast, VoIP, online chat, WWW, streaming, blog, social networking, URL, and web feed. The definitions provide brief explanations of what each term refers to, such as that a wiki allows users to collaboratively edit website content, social bookmarking involves saving web pages for future access, and a blog is a website where users can post opinions and observations.

1. Common Online Terminologies
Barredo, Sean Frances P.
1PSED1
University of Santo Tomas

2. LIST OF TERMINOLOGIES
Email
Wiki
Social Bookmarking
HTML
Podcast
VoIP
Online Chat
WWW
Streaming
Blog
Social Networking
URL
Web Feed

3. 1. Email
An
electronic
mail
A system
where one
can send or
receive
messages
through
computers
or mobile
phone.

4. 2. Wiki
A server program that
allows users to
collaborate in forming
the content of a Web
site.
Allows users to create or
edit content.

5. 3. Social Bookmarking
Saving and
storing
information for
future access.
Advantage: One
can easily access
the bookmarked
page in any
computer with
internet
connection.

6. 4. HTML
HyperText Markup Language
It is needed to create documents on the
World Wide Web.

7. 5. Podcast
It is a digital audio
where one can
listen to by
downloading from
a website.

8. 6. VoIP
Voice Over Internet Protocol
Analog voice signal to digital data packets
Allows telephone calls over computer networks

9. 7. Online Chat

10. 8. WWW
World Wide Web
It consists all the public Web
sites connected to the internet.

11. 9. Streaming
A technique for
transferring data
mostly for users
who do not have
enough access in
downloading large
multimedia.

12. 10. Blog
Accessible through internet
where one can write his own
opinion, experiences, or
observations.

13. 11. Social Networking
It is a type of connection with
family, friends, or colleagues
through the social media.

14. 12. URL
 Uniform Resource Locator
 A formatted text string to
identify a network resource in
the internet.

15. 13. Web Feed
A document that include
web links to the source of
the content.
Sources of web feed: News
website, blogs

16. REFERENCES
• http://compnetworking.about.com/od/internetaccessbestu
ses/
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
• http://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/socialnetworking.asp
• http://searchsoa.techtarget.com/definition/wiki
• http://weblogs.about.com/od/marketingablog/qt/SocialBo
okmark.htm