This document defines common online terminology, including email, wikis, social bookmarking, HTML, podcasts, VoIP, online chat, streaming, the World Wide Web (WWW), blogs, social networking, URLs, and web feeds. Email is electronic text messages that can include attachments. Wikis allow collaborative editing of web content. Social bookmarking saves online pages for future reference. HTML defines web page structure. Podcasts are digital media files distributed as a series. VoIP is phone service over the internet. Online chat provides real-time text messaging. Streaming transmits media for immediate playback. The WWW supports formatted documents. Blogs are publicly accessible personal journals. Social networking connects people with shared interests. URLs uniquely

1. COMMON ONLINE
TERMINOLOGIES
Danice Jerica Mismanos Medina
Bachelor of Elementary Education
University of Santo Tomas

2. What is EMAIL?
Short for electronic mail, e-mail or email is text messages
that may contain files, images, or other attachments sent
through a network to a specified individual or group of
individuals.

3. What is WIKI?
A collaborative Web site comprises the perpetual collective work of many
authors. Similar to a blog in structure and logic, a wiki allows anyone to
edit, delete or modify content that has been placed on the Web site using
a browser interface, including the work of previous authors.

4. What is SOCIAL BOOKMARKING?
A method of saving and storing online
information or web pages for future
reference.

5. What is HTML?
Short for HyperText Markup Language, the authoring language
used to create documents on the World Wide Web.
HTML defines the structure and layout of a Web document by using
a variety of tags and attributes.

6. What is PODCAST?
Podcasts are digital media files, which are
produced in a series. You can subscribe to a
series of files, or podcast, by using a piece of
software called a pod catcher.

7. What is VOIP?
An acronym for Voice Over Internet Protocol,
or in more common terms phone service over
the Internet.

8. What is ONLINE CHAT?
Is used to refer to any type of communication
that needs the internet to take place. This type of
communication usually offers real time and
direct transmission of text based messages.

9. What is STREAMING?
Video and/or audio data transmitted over a
computer network for immediate playback
rather than for file download and later
(offline) playback.

10. What is WWW?
A system of Internet servers that support
specially formatted documents. The
documents are formatted in a mark-up
language called HTML.

11. What is BLOG?
Short for Web log, a blog is a Web page that
serves as a publicly accessible personal journal
for an individual. Typically updated daily, blogs
often reflect the personality of the author.

12. What is SOCIAL NETWORKING?
Based on a certain structure that allow people
to both express their individuality and meet
people with similar interests.

13. What is URL?
A URL (Uniform Resource Locator, previously Universal
Resource Locator) is the unique address for a file that is
accessible on the Internet. A common way to get to
a Web site is to enter the URL of its home page file in
your Web browser's address line.

14. What is WEB FEED?
A web feed is a data format used for providing
users with frequently updated content.
Content distributors syndicate a web feed,
thereby allowing users to subscribe to it.

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