Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Add the new terminologies you found

In the last lesson you looked for terminologies on online resources.
Please share your new terminologies by commenting on this post and sharing your terminologies.

9 comments:

Unknown said...

• WORLD WIDE WEB – part of the internet that you can access using a web browser (examples are Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome).
• HTTPS: this is a more secure and safer version to use than http. For example when you are using important documents on the computer, you can use https to keep the information safe.
• INTRANET: this is a network created especially for companies or private groups because you can enter or view specific information for that company and there are special websites stored in the intranet about the company’s profile, etc.
• PRINT SCREEN KEY- this is a button on most computers that allows the user to take a screenshot by pressing the button. This can be used when certain websites don’t allow the use of the copy and paste function for pictures and for annotating websites or e-articles.
• INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS – these provide internet access to computers. Some examples are Virgin and Sky.
• DIAL-UP – these are connections that convert the digital signals from a computer to analogue signals so that you can see the time.
• RESPONSIVE WEB DESIGN – these are web designs that provide customized viewing experience. For example, the web designs are different on phones than those on computers or laptops.
• FLAMING – this is the act of sending rude and offensive messages over the internet.

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Alykhan jiwa said...

ABEND- This is when a program unexpectingly closes thus causing it to cause an error in that particular program .typically when a computer program crashes for example when a program freeze it might be the cause of Abend.
Cookie- This is a small amount of data about one generated by a chosen website and saved by the web browser .An example of a cookie is when you login to a website.
Del.icio.us – this is simple when users bookmark the important website that one has used and can also share those bookmarks with others.
Email-this is a browser used for communication bases for example I were to sent another user in the united states of America an important document ,sending it by post may be difficult however using an e-mail is easier to use and is free.
Firewall-this is also known as fireproof, for instance if I were to have I fire in one room using a fireproof it wouldn’t spread in different rooms, the same reasoning is for firewall,firewalls are used to prevent viruses or “infections”to ones computer.
Gateway – this is like a bridge acting to connect two networks together so that date can be transferred for one computer to other computers.

Unknown said...

• Network: a group of interconnected computers.
• Internet explorer: a web browser developed by Microsoft.
• Firefox: a web browser developed by Mozilla.
• HTTP: (Hypertext transfer protocol), the data transfer protocol used on the World Wide Web.
• IP address: this is a code made up of numbers separated by three dots that identifies a particular computer on the Internet.

Unknown said...

Flaming- is the act of posting or sending offensive messages over the internet.
Firefox: a web browser developed by Mozilla.

Https- Https is the secure version of http. When you use https any data you send or receive from the web server is put into a code.

PRINT SCREEN KEY- this button allows computers that allows the user to take a screenshot by pressing the button. This can be used when certain websites don’t allow the use of the copy and paste function for pictures and for annotating websites or e-articles.

Rishika Gokhale said...

Intranet: An intranet is a network that works like the Internet but is only available within a particular organisation, not to the public.

load balancing:in computer networking, load balancing is a technique to distribute workload evenly across two or more computers.

Web Space: an amount of disk storage space allowed on an Internet server.

Bluetooth: Bluetooth is an open wireless technology standard for exchanging data over short distances

Unknown said...

•Https- Https is the secure version of http. When you use https any data you send or receive from the web server is put into a code.

•Flaming- is the act of posting or sending offensive messages over the internet.

•Promo area- A promo is area in a website where the graphics are displayed

•UI- UI stands for user interface. A UI designer would always focus on the usability of the user. So they would keep elements to make their experience easy and get their necessary information from the website.

•Breadcrumbs- are bit of navigation elements at the top of the page that show the pages and subpages after and before the page you are in.

•Comment box: This special place where the readers, clients can ask questions, suggest improvements and how they liked the website.

•Anchor text: This is the text; a link uses to refer to your site and can make a big difference in your search results and for the reader/public to know which website has the information they need.

Shaan said...

• WORLD WIDE WEB – part of the internet that you can access using a web browser (examples are Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome).

• Gateway – this is like a bridge acting to connect two networks together so that date can be transferred for one computer to other computers.

• Network: a group of interconnected computers

• Flaming- is the act of posting or sending offensive messages over the internet.


• Firefox: a web browser developed by Mozilla.

Unknown said...

INTERNET EXPLORER: A web browser developed by Microsoft.

FIREFOX: A web browser developed by Mozilla.

WEB SERVER:A web server is a program that sends service.

NETWORK: A group of inter connecting computers.