| WORD |
GENERAL BRIEF
DESCRIPTION |
| Cloud Computing |
Cloud computing refers to storing information, applications and data, on the
internet, generally instead of on the user's computer.
The main idea of this is to allow users to move from one computer to another,
whilst their information is still accessible from different places.
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| EMail |
The system of EMail has been around for a long time. It's use on the
internet is to allow users to send electronic message to one
another.
This Electronic Mail may be accessed by EMail
programs on the user's computer, or via WebMail which allows users' to access EMail
via their web browsers.
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| FTP |
File Transfer Protocol is a
technology that allows for the transfer of files around the internet and user
computers.
Most users need not be aware of the workings of FTP as it is generally used by
technical personnel, updating websites etc.
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| HTTP |
HyperText Transfer
Protocol refers to a method of transferring 'hypertext' documents
and is used widely by web browser to access (then display) web pages.
To most users this is transparent, but it helps to define the 'http' portion of
a web pages' s address.
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| HyperLink |
An address on the internet to access a document (web page as in the world wide
web).
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| Internet |
A system of computers connected (networked) across the globe.
The term "Internet" refers to the (hardware) framework of the computers,
their connection to each other and the networking that operates on the computers to
link them together.
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| ISP / IAP |
An Internet Service Provider,
or Internet Access Provider,
provides a service as the first point of contact for a user's computer and then the
internet.
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| Search Engine |
A search engine generally provides a service, mainly through web browsers, that
helps location information relevant to user requests.
This is generally done through users entering keyword phrases of the type of
information they require, and the search engine returning a list of pages relevant
to the query.
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| Server |
A server is essentially a computer located on the internet that can store
information (e.g: web page documents) and process users requests.
When a request for a website/page is processed, the request id directed to that
server to download and display the page.
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| Social Networking |
Social networking typically refers to the interaction of users online (on the
internet) for social purposes. Such purposes include keeping in touch with
friends, and the online world in general, sharing information etc.
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| Tag Cloud |
A group of words displayed together to indicate the weighting of words (tags) on
a website, page, document or similar.
The more the total number of each word, the higher weighted the word is and this
is generally illustrated by the relative size of the word in the cloud.
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| WEB2.0 |
The concept of Web 2.0 is defined generally within the genre of an interactive
web, where users contribute to web site content through comments, submissions
etc.
Generally speaking, social networking forms a large part of Web 2.0
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| Web Browser |
The web browser is designed to access and display documents, or web pages,
from a website.
The web page is downloaded to your computer, which the web browser
interprets and displays in a human readable format.
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World Wide
Web
www
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Technically the "World Wide Web" refers to a collection of documents that can be
accessed via the Internet.
The 'documents' are mostly web pages, typically as you would see in your
web browsers, but may also include other documents within the web itself.
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