Lesson 2 Vocabulary

Internet Communication

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Ajax

A programming methodology that uses a number of existing technologies together and enables Web applications to make incremental updates to t

Blog

Web Log A collection of personal thoughts posted on a public Web site. The act of adding entries to a blog.

Spim

Spam that is delivered through instant messaging.

Trackback

A method by which a blogger receives notification when other bloggers link to his or her blog entry.

Presence

A status indicator that conveys a person's willingness and ability to engage in communications.

Mobile Computing

A person's ability to use technology in non-stationary positions and in transit.

Podcast

The use of audio or video digital-media files that are distributed through Web feeds to subscribed users.

Contact Center

A call center that allows consumers to contact agents via avenues other than by telephone.

Crowd sourcing

A problem-solving model in which a task ordinarily performed by one person is outsourced to a large group or community in order to obtain an

Instant Messaging (IM)

A computer-based method of communication in which users can type and view messages sent to one or more recipients

Micro Format

A data format that adds human-readable metadata to existing code so that the data can be processed by other software.

Text Messaging

A method of person-to-person communication in which users type short text messages from mobile phones.

Unified Communications (UC)

A business trend that seeks to simplify and integrate all from of communication. (Voice -> Text) (Voice < - Text)

Convergence

The integration of telephony and data technologies.

Wiki

A page of collection of Web pages that can be viewed and modified by anybody with a Web browser and access to the Internet.

Voice over IP (VoIP)

A technology that converts voice into data packets for transmission over a packet-switched IP network. Allows the use o the Internet for rea

Folksonomy

The practice of categorizing online content through tags.

Mash up

A Web page that integrates content and scripts from multiple Web sites to create new applications.

Social Networking

The practice of creating networks of friends

Web 2.0

A concept referring to the changing trends in use of WWW technology and Web design that have led to the development of information-sharing a

Call Center

A centralized office used for the purpose of processing a large volume of request by phone.

XMLHttpRequest

An application programming interface (API) that is used to transfer XML and other text other text data between a Web server and browser.

Collective Intelligence

The ability of a group to exhibit a greater degree of intelligence by solving problem collaboratively compared to the intelligence of an ind

Web Feed

A data format for delivering Web content that is updated frequently.