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books in digital format
E-books
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These are small, low powered laptops meant to be carried around and used for low powered tasks like checking mail and browsing the Internet
Netbooks
100
A video sharing website owned and operated by Google
YouTube
100
Devices originally designed to store and play back audio, allowing you take your music library with you wherever you go. Modern version of the MP3 player.
iPod
200
What is a Kindle
E-book reader
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These are normal laptop-style computers (with or without keyboards) that have the ability to work with a pen-like stylus for pen-based input.
Tablet
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A community created document. Anyone can add to or edit the document. People usually create the document for free, and access to it is also free
WIKI
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The online (web) version of a conventional seminar.Usually the screen is divided into multiple parts – a video image of the presenter, a presentation area showing the slides, and a chat area where all participants can communicate with each other and with the presenter.
Webinar
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Video or audio programs that are recorded and made available for download.
Podcast
300
A modern ______phone is allowing cellular telephones to do the job of computers
Smartphone
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Websites that collect information and direct you to other websites that might contain information that you are interested in. They often include a search engine. An example is Yahoo.com.
Portals
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A term that refers to computing scenarios where data and software are stored. You don’t know or care where the data is stored or what computer is running the software. You simply connect to the Internet and gain access to it all. The term can also refer to the ability to run programs from the Internet.
Cloud computing
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Large capacity optical discs that are read using a blue laser (hence the name). They are mostly used for High Definition video and for games on the Sony PlayStation.
Blu-Ray DVDs
300
An open source Linux-based operating system managed by Google and designed for use in smartphones and consumer tablets.
Android
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A website that allows you to mark web pages you like and to ‘vote’ for them. This home site then lists the sites with the highest number of votes.
Digg
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Devices that contain a radio receiver and a chip for receiving signals from satellites in orbit around the earth. These signals can be used to calculate the latitude and longitude location on the surface of the earth, with an accuracy of up to 5m.
GPS
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A type of scam that uses e-mails claiming to be from a bank or other business that needs you to update your details. The e-mail contains a link to a fake site that then captures your details and allows the person to access your account and steal money from you.
Phishing
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The idea that, instead of using a number of separate devices, each performing only one function, the separate devices will all merge (converge) into a single device that performs multiple functions. Examples are Smartphones and consumer tablets.
Convergence
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Keyboards that appear on touch screens and that allow you to type without using a (physical) keyboard. The term can also be used to describe a keyboard projected onto a surface by a laser / LED device
Virtual keyboard
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Large bulletin boards where anyone can read and post messages in long conversations on specific topics. They can be maintained by specific sites and companies, but the oldest collection is Usenet
Newsgroups
500
Scanned versions of a handwritten signature
Digital signature
500
An abbreviation for ‘Applications’ – and is used to describe smaller programs typically used on either a smartphone or a consumer tablet.
Apps
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Technology refers to mobile wireless data connection technology. This is the technology used to make data connections over cellphone networks
3G and 4G
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Small portable devices like the iPad and Galaxy Tab, Playbook, and HP Touchpad. They are designed to be controlled through touch screen interfaces and usually have WiFi, Bluetooth and 3G communication built in. They allow easy browsing of Internet / e-mail communication on-the-go.
Consumer tablets
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