Internet’s Common Online Termsby Michael Miguel

Bachelor of Secondary EducationUniversity of Santo Tomas

URL- AKA Uniform Resource Locator or simply the Web Address- A part of the URI or the Uniform Resource Identifier

- AKA World Wide Web- It is mostly the start of a website with the HTTP- These are documents that can be accessed with

the Internet

WWW

- AKA HyperText Markup Language- Consists of codes, tags, etc. in order to create a web page

Email- AKA Electronic Mail- A way of exchanging messages with the use

of the Internet- Yahoo Mail and Gmail are the most used

websites in using email- It uses the symbol @

- An editable web application that provides different kinds of information to the users.

- Sometimes, Wiki isn’t that reliable because it can provide wrong information by the others

Wiki

- It is like a streaming radio with the help of internet- It came with the success of iPod of the Apple Company

Podcast

- A media that is provided by someone- Mostly used for videos in the internet- It may be live streaming or not

Streaming

- Was simply made for people to socialize while even facing gadgets

- Most popular Social Networks right now are the Twitter and Facebook

Social Networking

- AKA News Feed- These are the updates that provides

continuous information to the users

Web Feed

Blog- From the term Web Log- Simple posts are made to express

thoughts, feelings, ideas, information, etc.

- AKA Online Diaries and Online Journals

Online Chat- A way of talking with a person

through the use of Internet- It’s a faster way to talk to a person

than an Email- It can be a video chat with the help of

webcams and microphones- It can be a group conversation

With the help of the internet, computer to telephone and vice versa became possible

VoIP

- Is a way to connect your other networks to a specific website- You endorse your other networks for easier connections

Social Bookmarking