Chapter 10 | "internet"

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Internet

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Global network of interconnected computers which communicate freely plus share and exchange information.

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Binary Code

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Code made of digits one and zero.

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Sputnik

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Earth's first human-constructed satellite.

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Created by Russia (1957).

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Protocols

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Common communication rules.

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Hosts

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Computers linking individual personal computers users to the Internet.

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Personal / Microcomputers (PCs)

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Portable, affordable computers.

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Operating System

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Software which tells computer how to work.

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Multimedia Capabilities

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Advanced sound and image applications.

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Internet Service Providers (ISPs)

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Companies which offer Internet connections at monthly rates depending on kind and amount of access needed.

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Instant Messaging (IM)

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Real-time version of e-mail, allowing two or more people to communicate instantly and in immediate response to one another.

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Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)

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Telephone whereby calls are transfered in digital packets over Internet rather than on circuit-switched telephone wires.

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Uniform Resource Locator (URL)

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A site's official address.

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Domain Names

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Last part of site's address.

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I.e., ".com" or ".org".

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Browsers

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Software programs loaded onto user's computer and used to download and view Web files.

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Search Engines

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Software which allows users to navigate Internet simply by entering search word plus pointing and clicking at resulting on-screen menus.

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Home Page

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Entryway to site itself.

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Social Networking Sites

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Websites which function as online communities of users.

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Duel-Factor Model of Social Media Use

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A model which says this activity is motivated by basic social needs to belong and self-present.

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Idealized Virtual Identity Hypothesis

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Hypothesis which argues social media users tend to show idealized characteristics, not reflecting who they really are.

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Extended Real-Life Hypothesis

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Idea we use social media to communicate our actual identities.

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Facebook Depression

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Effort of presenting best selves taking tolls on younger people.

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Fear of Missing Out (FOMO)

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The fear of no involvement in activities shared online.

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Facebook Envy

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Resentfulness of others' happiness on social media.

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Digital Natives

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People who have never known world without Internet.

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Flash / Smart Mobs

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Large, geographically disperse groups connected only by thin threads of communications technology, drawn together at a moment's notice.

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Blogs

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Regularly updated online journals of commentary, often containing links to material on which they are commenting.

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Network / Net Neutrality

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Requirement all ISPs, including multiple-system operators, allow free and equal flow of all Web traffic.

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Fair Use

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Instances in which copyrighted material may be used without permission or payment.

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Dataveillance

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Massive collection and distillation of consumer data.

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Opt-Out

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Idea websites should provide us security only if specifically asked.

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Opt In

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Idea sites should require permission before they collect and disseminate personal data.

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Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Chip

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Grain-of-sand-sized microchip and antenna embedded in consumer products which transmits a radio signal.

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Augmented Reality (AR)

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Programs which permit users to point phones at real-world location, person, or scene and be instantly linked to hundreds of websites containing info about them.

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Encryption

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Electronic coding or masking of info which can be deciphered only by recipient with proper decryption key.

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Click Stream

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Electronic tracking of choices we make when we are online.

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Cookies

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Identifying code added to computer's hard drive by visited website.

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Spyware

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Identifying code placed on computer by website without permission or notification.

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Technology Gap

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Widening disparity between communication technology haves and have-nots.

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Digital Divide

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Lack of technological access among specific groups of Americans.

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Information Gap

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The lack of information due to lack of requisite technology.

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Knowledge Gap

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Growing differences in knowledge, civic activity, and literacy between better-informed and less-informed Americans.

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Metering

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Charging users based on their consumption.