Wednesday, October 12, 2016

Vocabulary #6 Internet Terms

meme - a humorous image, video, piece of text, etc. that is copied (often with slight variations) and spread rapidly by Internet users
"My friend took a video of me crying and turned it into a meme."

virus - a piece of code that is capable of copying itself and typically has a detrimental effect, such as corrupting the system or destroying data.
"A teacher recommended me to download this program and now I have a virus."

viral - relating to or involving an image, video, piece of information, etc., that is circulated rapidly and widely from one Internet user to another.
"I wanted to do a viral video but I'm too embarrassed."

blog -
a regularly updated website or web page, typically one run by an individual or small group, that is written in an informal or conversational style.


"My mom just learned what a blog is and now she has one."


wiki - a website that allows collaborative editing of its content and structure by its users.
"Making a wiki is a nice way for you and other people to share knowledge."

URL - he generic term for all types of names and addresses that refer to objects on the World Wide Web
"I forgot the URL address of the website so you have to manually look for it."

website - a location connected to the Internet that maintains one or more pages on the World Wide Web.
"This website is really helpful especially to young naïve boys."

www - The World Wide Web (WWW) is a network of online content that is formatted in HTML and accessed via HTTP. The term refers to all the interlinked HTML pages that can be accessed over the Internet.
"WWW is what websites usually start with."

Internet - The global communication network that allows almost all computers worldwide to connect and exchange information.
"It is amusing, how people believe everything they read off the internet."

2.0 - used to denote a superior or more advanced version of an original concept, product, service, etc.
"They have a friend that looks just like me but better in everyway so they started calling him Eldrin 2.0"

open source - denoting software for which the original source code is made freely available and may be redistributed and modified
"I took that information from an open source website."

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