This document defines common online terminology including email, blogs, online chat, the World Wide Web (WWW), Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), streaming, social networking, URLs, HTML, wikis, podcasts, social bookmarking, and web feeds. It provides brief descriptions of each term and their basic functions on the internet and for digital communication. References are also included at the end for additional information.

1. COMMOM ONLINE TERMINOLOGIES
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Benito, Alexandra Loise M.
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University of Santo Tomas

2. EMAIL
• Also known Electronic Mail
• Is a method of exchanging digital
messages to one or more persons

3. BLOG
• discussion or informational site
published on the internet
• consist of discrete entries or posts

4. ONLINE CHAT
• real time and direct transmission
of text based messages that needs
the internet

5. WWW
• Also known as World Wide Web
• It consists of all the public Web
sites connected to the Internet
including client devices
(e.g. computers and cellphones)
that access the Web content

6. VOIP
• Also known as Voice over Internet Protocol
• Is a method for delivery of voice
communications and multimedia sessions
over Internet Protocol networks such as the
Internet

7. STREAMING
• Commonly seen in forms of audio
and video streaming
• When a multimedia file can be
played back without being completely
downloaded

8. SOCIAL NETWORKING
• is based on a certain structure that allow
people to express their individuality and
meet people with similar interest
• This structure includes having profiles,
friends, posts, widgets and more

9. URL
• Stands for Uniform Resource Locator
• Previously it was called as Universal
Resource Locator
• Is a specific character string
that constitutes a reference to a resource

10. HTML
• Stands for HyperText Markup Language
• It is the main markup language for creating
web pages and other information that can
be displayed in a web browser

11. WIKI
• is a web application which allows
people to add, modify or even delete content
in collaboration with other people.
• text is usually written using simplified
markup language or rich-text editor

12. PODCAST
• Also known as netcast
• A digital medium that can consists of
audios, videos, etc. that can be downloaded
online to your computer or mobile devices

13. SOCIAL BOOKMARKING
• Enables users to add, annotate, edit
and share bookmarks online
• It is like saving favorites on your browser
except you’re saving it to a website that
anyone can see

14. WEB FEED
• Also known as news feed
• Can be also referred to as a
syndicated feed
• Is a data format used for providing
users with frequently updated content

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki
http://www.affilorama.com/internet101/social-bookmarking
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_over_IP
http://www.techterms.com/definition/streaming
http://www.ask.com/question/what-is-online-chat
http://compnetworking.about.com/cs/worldwideweb/g/bldef_www.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog
http://www.whatissocialnetworking.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_resource_locator
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_feed
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcast