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common computer terms
1. All About Computer
Terms
Justmin Rachel Uy
Bachelor of Elementary Education
major in Preschool Education
University of Sto. Tomas
2. EMAIL
• Short term for Electronic
Mail
• It is the exchange of digital
message from one writer to
other over the internet
3. WIKI
• It is the short word for Wikipedia
• Ward Cunningham is the developer of the
first wiki software
• Wiki is a Hawaiian word which means “fast”
• It is a wed application in which people can
add and delete content, modify and
collaborate with other people in the world.
• The text of the wiki is usually in mark-up
language or in a rich-text editor
• Wiki is very helpful in sharing information
about something to other people
4. • An online service which enables
users to add, edit, and share
bookmarks of web documents.
In 2003, Delicious
popularize the term “book
marking” and “tagging”
SOCIAL BOOKMARKING
Some examples are
Youtube, Facebook, Twitter
and Yahoo.
Many online bookmark
management services
have launched since
1996
5. HTML
o Short term for Hypertext Markup Language
o Tim Berners Lee was the first person who
introduced the HTML
o Language used to create documents and files on
the World Wide Web
o It defines the structure and layout of a Web
document by using a variety of tags and
attributes.
o The structure of the HTML is
<HTML><HEAD>(enter here what
document
is about)<BODY> and ends with </BODY></HTML>.
6. PODCAS
T
It is also called a Netcast
It is a digital Medium consisting series of
audio, video, and PDF files that when you
subscribe, you can download it through a
computer or mobile device
The term “podcast” was first metioned by
Ben Hammersley in 2004
7. It is a short term for Voice over Internet Protocol
A methodology and group of technologies for the delivery of voice
communications and multimedia sessions over Internet Protocol (IP)
networks, such as the Internet.
Also associated with IP telephony, Internet telephony, voice over
broadband, broadband telephony communications, and broadband
phone service.
VoIP
8. Online Chat
It refers to any kind of
communication over the
internet
The messages are short that
enables the speaker to
respond quickly
9. WWW
It is the abbreviation of
World Wide Web
It is a system of
interlinked hypertext
documents accessed
through the internet
Tim Berners Lee was
the one who proposed
the WWW
Without the “WWW”
we cannot access sites
in the internet because
it will cause an error
10. • a method of relaying data (esp. video
and audio material) over a computer
network as a steady continuous
stream, allowing playback to proceed
while subsequent data is being received.
Streamin
g
relating to or making use of a
form of tape transport, used
mainly to provide backup
storage, in which data may be
transferred in bulk while the
tape is in motion.
11. It is an informal site where you
can express yourself through the
discrete entries or what we know
as post.
It is like an online diary where
some things you can show to
other people and some you can
keep for yourself.
A popular example of this is
twitter.
Blog
12. Social Networking
The use of the internet for people to communicate informally with
other people and to find people with similar interest with you
You can also post in the social networking sites where you can
express yourself
One famous example of this is Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube.
13. URL
An Abbreviation for Uniform Resource
Locator
It is also known as the web address
It is standardized by Tim Berners Lee
It is a specific character string that
constitutes a reference to a source.
An example:
"http://en.example.org/wiki/Main_Page"
14. Web Feed
A web feed is a data format
in which it provides users
with frequently updated
content.
15. You are now an official
computer geek!
Thank you for
viewing!