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130 Cards in this Set
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Add-on |
a browser extension created for a specific browser to add features to it |
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ARPANET |
a U.S. Department of Defense ARPA project that later became the Internet. A communications system designed to have multiple pathways through which information could travel so that losing one part of the system-for example, in a nuclear strike- would not cripple the entire system |
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Asynchronous communication |
communication that does not require the participants to be online at the same time |
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Avatar |
a virtual body used to interact with others in virtual worlds and games |
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Blog (weblog) |
an online journal |
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Blohosphere |
all the blogs on the web and the connections among them |
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Boolean search |
a search that uses logical operators-AND, OR, ands NOT- to link the words you are searching for |
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Broadband |
an internet connection speed greater than 200 Kbps |
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Cable Internet access |
a broadband Internet service offered by a cable TV provider that uses the same wires to carry both TV and Internet signals |
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CAPTCHA (Completely Automated Public Turing Test to Tell Computers and Humans Apart) |
a series of letters and numbers that are distorted in some way |
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Chat |
a synchronous form of online communication among multiple people at the same time in a chat room |
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Crowdsourcing |
trusting the collective opinion of a crowd of people-referred to as the wisdom of the crowd- rather than an expert |
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Digital footprint |
all the information that someone could find out about you by searching the web, including social network sites |
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DNS (Domain Name System) |
the directory system on the Internet that allows you to use a friendly name like google.com instead of an IP address like 173.194.43.2 to contact a web |
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Domain name |
tha part of a URL that precedes the top-level domain; sometimes called the second-level domain. the domain name represents a company or product name and makes it easy for users to remember the address |
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DSL (digital subscriber line) |
telephone lines designed to carry digital signals and that are therefore much faster that ordinary telephone lines. a broadband Internet service |
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E-commerce |
buying and selling products and services on the Internet |
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a system of sending electronic messages using store-and-forward technology |
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Extension |
software that extends the functionality of a web browser |
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the largest social network site on the web |
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Fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) |
a broadband Internet service that carries signals on fiber-optic able and is the fastest type of broadband Internet connection |
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Flame |
a message that expresses an opinion without holding back any emotion and may be seen as being confrontational and argumentative |
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Flickr |
the largest image sharing site on the web |
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Folksonomy |
the social tagging of web media |
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Forum |
a conversation much like chat but does not in real time. also known as a discussion board or message board |
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Forward |
an email response used to send an email message to someone else |
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Hits |
another term for search results |
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Home page |
the first page of a website. the webpage that displays when you first open your browser |
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HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) |
the authoring language that defines the structure of a webpage |
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Hyperlink |
links that connect pieces of information on the Internet |
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Hypertext |
text that contains links to other text and allows you to navigate through pieces of information by using the links, known as hyperlinks, that connect them |
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ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) |
the organization that coordinates the Internet naming system |
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Instant messaging (IM) |
a synchronous form of online communication between two people |
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Internet |
a global network of computer networks |
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Internet backbone |
the high-speed connection points between networks that make up the Internet |
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Internet service providers (ISPs) |
companies that offer Internet access |
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IP (Internet protocol) address |
a unique numeric address assigned to each note on a network |
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a social network designed for business connections |
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Massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPG) |
an online game that allows you to interact with people in real time using an avatar- a virtual body |
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Metasearch engine |
a search engine that searches other search engines |
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Microblogging |
a social form of blogging in which posts are typically limited to a relatively small number of characters and users post updates frequently |
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Mobile browsing |
a web browser used on small screen devices, such as tablets, e-readers, and smartphones |
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Mobile Internet Access |
a broadband Internet service that uses cellular 3G (third generation) and 4G (fourth generation) network signals are transmitted by a series of cellular towers |
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Municipal WiFi |
free wireless Internet service offered in some cities and towns |
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Netiquette |
short for Internet etiquette , the code for acceptable behavior and manners while on the Internet |
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Plug-in |
a third-party browser extension, such as Adobe reader |
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Podcast |
a digital media file of a prerecorded radio- or TV-like show that is distributed over the web to be downloaded and listened to or watched on a computer or portable media player |
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Protocol |
a set of rules for communication between devices that determines how data is formatted, transmitted, received, and acknowledged |
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Reply |
an email response that is sent back to the original sender |
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Reply All |
an email response that is sent to all the addressees of the original message and original sender |
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RSS (Really Simple Syndication) |
a format used for distributing web feeds that change frequently |
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Satellite Internet access |
a broadband Internet service that uses communications satellites positioned in the southern sky |
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Search engine |
a huge database that indexes webpages |
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Signature line |
a block of text that is automatically put at the end of an email message |
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Social bookmarking site |
a website that enables you to save and share your bookmarks or favorites online |
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Social media |
collectively, the tools that enable users to create content, connect, network, and share on the web |
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Social media marketing (SMM) |
the practice of using social media sites to sell products and services |
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Social media sharing site |
a website that enables anyone to create and share media |
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Social networks |
online communities that combine many of the features of other online tools |
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Social news site |
different form traditional media news sites in that at least some of the content is submitted by users |
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Social review site |
a website that enables you to review hotels, movies, games, books, and other products and services |
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Spider |
a program sent out by a search engine to crawl the web and gather information |
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SSL(Secure Sockets Layer) |
a protocol that encrypts data before it is sent across the internet |
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Store-and-forward technology |
an email server holds messages until the client request them |
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Subject line |
part of an email message used to give the recipient some idea of the content of the email |
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Synchronous online communciation |
communication that happens in real time, with tow or more people online at the same time |
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Tagging |
labeling images or files with keywords to make them easier to organize, search for, and share |
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Thread |
a conversation in a discussion board or forum |
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Top-level domain (TLD) |
the suffix that follows the domain name in a URL, that indicates the type of website you are visiting |
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Tumblr |
a microblogging site where posts are limited to a relatively small number of characters and users post updates frequently |
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Tweets |
twitter posts that are limited to 140 characters |
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a microblogging site where posts are limited to a relatively small number of characters and users post updates frequently |
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URL (uniform resource locator) |
the address of a website |
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User-generated content |
content created not by professional writers and photographers but b the rest of us |
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Viral video |
an online video that becomes extremely popular because of recommmendations and social sharing |
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VoiP(Voice over Internet Protocol) |
calls transmitted over the internet instead of over traditional telephone lines or cellular towers |
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Web browser |
a program that interprets HTML to display webpages as you browse the internet
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Webpage |
information on the web, written in HTML, and viewable in a web brower |
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Website |
One or more webpages that all are located in the same place |
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Wifi hotspot |
a wireless access point available in many public locations, such as airports, schools, hotels, and restaurants, either free or for a fee
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Wiki |
a website that enables you to edit content, even if it was written by someone else |
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Wikipedia |
the most well-known wiki, a massive free encyclopedia that can be written by anyone |
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World wide web |
the hypertext system of information on the internet that enables you to navigate through pieces of information by using hyperlinks that connect them |
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You tube |
the largest online video hosting site in the world |
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Address bar |
an Internet Explorer 11, the area in which you can type a URL to visit the website; displays a the bottom of the screen in the Start screen version of IE 11 and at the top of the screen in the desktop version of IE 11 |
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Browsing |
the process of using your computer to view webpages |
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Browsing window |
in Internet Explorer 11, the area of the screen in which the webpage displays |
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CAPTCHA |
an acronym for Completely Automated Public Turing Test To Tell Computers and Humans Apart, which is a program that protects websites against bots by generating and grading tests that humans can pass but current computer programs cannot |
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Cloud computing |
the use of web servers on the Internet-for example, a SkyDrive or SharePoint library-to store files and run applications |
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Country codes |
top-level domains for countries, for example, .ca for Canada |
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Domain name |
an organizations's unique name on the Internet, which consists of a chosen name combined with a top-level domain such as .com, .org, .gov |
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a method of exchanging messages via the Internet in which the message resides in the recipient's mail box until he or she signs in to read it |
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Emoticon |
an image that represents facial expressions. should only be used in informal electronic communication to convey feelings |
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Favorites bar |
a toolbar in Internet Explorer 11 that you can optionally display directly below the address bar and to which you can add or drag web addresses you use frequently |
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Favorites Center |
a list of links to websites that is saved in your web browser |
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File Printout |
a OneNote feature that inserts information from a file as a printed copy in the page; this feature is useful because text in the printout can be searched just like any content ion OneNote |
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Home page |
on your computer, the webpage you have selected-or displayed on your computer when you start Internet Explorer. when visiting a website, the starting point for the remainder of the pages on that site |
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http |
the protocol prefix for HyperText Transfer Protocol |
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HyperText Transfer Protocol |
the set of communication rules used by your computer to connect to servers on the Web |
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Instant messaging |
the real-time communication between two or more participants over the Internet |
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Internet Explorer 11 |
the web browser software developed by Microsoft Corporation that is included with Windows 8.1. there are two versions that use the same underlying information and technology-on eversion for the Start screen and one version for the desktop. also known as IE 11 |
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Internet Explorer 11 in the desktop |
the term for the version of Internet Explorer 11 used on the deskptop |
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Note container |
a box in OneNote, a collection of files organized by major divisions and stored in a common folder |
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Notes |
typed text, handwritten text if you have a tablet PC, pictures and graphics-including images and text that you capture form webpages- audio and video recordings, and documents from other applications such as Word or Excel, that can be included in OneNote notebook |
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OneNote |
a Microsoft application with which you can create a digital notebook that gives you a single location where you can gather and organize information in the form of notes |
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Page |
a subdivision of a section where notes are inserted |
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Page tabs list |
a list on the right side of the OneNote notebook that displays the name of each page in the active section |
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Plug-ins |
small programs that add capabilities to web browser software, such as playing video or scanning for viruses |
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Protocal prefix |
the letters that represent a set of communcation rules used b a computer to connect to another computer |
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Screen capture |
an image file that contains the contents of a computer screen |
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Screen clipping |
an image copied from part of of the computer screen, a webpage, or a document |
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Search engine |
a computer program that searches for specific words and returns a list of documents in which the search term was found |
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Search provider |
a website that provides search capabilities on the web |
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Section |
the primary division of a notebook identifying a main topic and containing related pages on notes |
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Section tab |
a tab that identifies a primary division of the active notebook |
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SharePoint |
a related group of technologies from Microsoft for collaboration, file sharing, and web publishing within organizations |
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Sliverlight |
a free plug-in that improves the appearance of some applications in your browser |
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SkyDrive |
a free file storage and file sharing service |
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Skype |
a software application that users can download to create an account so they can make voice calls over the internet as well as participate in web conferencing from an location in the world |
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Sponsored links |
paid advertisements shown a a links, typically for products and services related to your search term. Sponsored links are the way that search sites like Bing, Google, and others earn revenue |
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Styles |
combinations of formating options that look attractive together |
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Surfing |
the process of navigating the Internet either for a particular item or for anything that is of interest, and quickly moving form one item to another |
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Tabbed browsing |
a feature in Internet Explorer that enables you to open multiple websites and then switch among them |
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Tabs bar |
in the Start screen version of Internet Explorer 11, the bar that displays a tile for each webpage that you currently have open- only one tab displays because only one webpage is open |
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TLD |
the acronym for top-level domain |
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Top-level domain |
the ending letters of a URL, such as com,org, and so on. Also known as TLD |
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Uniform resources locator |
an address that uniquely identifies a location on the Internet |
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URL |
the acronym for Uniform Resource Locator |
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Web browser |
a software program with which you display webpages and navigate the Internet |
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Page template |
in OneNote, a file that serves as pattern for creating a new page, ensures a uniform page layout and design |
