Using the Web effectively
software that lets you locate, view, and navigate the web
What is a web browser
a set of programs that searches the web for keywords
What is a search engine
A network of networks that’s the largest network in the world, connecting billions of computers globally.
what is Internet
This is a subset of e-commerce that uses social networks to assist in marketing and purchasing products.
What is a social commerce
a marketing term for the Monday after the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States.
what is Cyber Monday
gain initial access to a particular website by typing its unique address
what is a Uniform Resource Locator
searches other search engines rather than individual websites.
What is a metaseach engine
A computer that provides resources to other computers on a network.
what is a server
This is Google's first attempt at a notebook where all the applications and files are stored on the book
What is the Chromebook
The use of hashtags and posts to raise awareness and foster discussion about specific issues and causes via social media.
What is digital activism?
a combined search and address bar, so you can both type a website URL or search the web from the address bar
what is a omnibox
words such as AND, NOT, and OR that describe the relationships between keywords in a search
What are Boolean Operators
A computer that requests information from a server in a client/server network
what is a client
A network security protocol that provides for the encryption of data transmitted using the Internet
What is the Secure Sockets Layer(SSL)
The method of identifying the geographical location of a person or device, usually by utilizing information processed through the Internet.
What is geolocation
protocol that allows files to be transferred from a web server
What is a Hypertext Transfer Protocol
data that is formally defined and that can be expressed in relationships, does not currently exist
What is linked data
All computers connected to the Internet identify each other. It consists of a unique set of four numbers separated by dots
what is Internet Protocol (IP) address
This is a form of virtual currency that eliminates intermediaries or banks to conduct transactions, thus enabling direct anonymous transactions between users.
What is the bitcoin
A type of Internet harassment where some individual scams others into a false romantic relationship.
What is catfishing
like bookmarking your favorite website, but instead of saving it to your browser for only you to see, you’re saving it to a social bookmarking site
What is Tagging
an evolving extension of the web in which data is defined in such a way to make it more easily processed by computers
What is semantic web
the main pathway of high-speed communications lines over which all Internet traffic flows
what is internet backbone
transactions take place between businesses and consumers. Such transactions include those between customers and completely online businesses and those between customers and stores that have both an online and a physical presence, such as Target.
business-to-consumer (B2C)
Using technology to harass or intimidate another individual.
What is cyber harassment