Modern Web Technologies
Social Networking
Messaging
Convergence & Unified Communications
Odd Stuff
100

It allows you to create interactive Web applications using HTML, CSS, the Document Object Model (DOM), JavaScript and XMLHttpRequest.

What is Ajax?

100

Social networking site containing networks that users can join which are organized by city, workplace, school or religion.

What is Facebook?

100

Method of communication in which users can type and view messages sent to one or more recipients and view the responses immediately.

What is Instant Messaging?  or IM

100

The integration of voice and data networks to create a unified means of exchanging and storing electronic information.

What is Convergence Technology?

100

Changing trends in the use of World Wide Web technology and Web design.

What is Web 2.0?

200

This provides users with both author and editor privileges, and are used to create collaborative Web stories.

What is Wikis?

200

A social networking site featuring video "hangouts" and "circles".

What is Google+

200

Spam that is delivered through IM rather than through email.

What is Spim?
200

Voice information delivered in digital form as packs of data using Internet Protocol (IP) instead of the traditional circuit-switched lines of public switched telephone network.

What is VOiP?

200

A task, ordinarily performed by one person, is outsourced to a large group or community in order to analyze data or solve an issue or problem.

What is Crowdsourcing?

300

The practice of categorizing online content through tags.

What is Folksonomy?

300

A professional networking service designed to help people find and connect with others in a work-related context.

What is LinkedIn?

300

A popular voice- and video-calling software also provides an instant messaging application that features encrypted messaging.

What is Skype Instant Messaging?
300

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

What is a Call Center?

300

A term that has been coined to encourage common sense and politeness, and to establish general rules for Internet etiquette.

What is Netiquette?

400

These files can be syndicated, subscribed to and downloaded automatically as you add new content.

What is Podcasts

400

A photo-sharing site that allows users to load, organize, edit and share digital photos.

What is Picasa?

400

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

What is Text messaging?

400

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

What is Presencing?

400

When your behavior online reflects the same level of integrity with which you conduct yourself in face-to-face dealings with people and businesses.

What is Internet Ethics?

500

A web page that merges content and scripts from multiple Web sites to create new, innovative applications.

What are mashups?

500

Social and blogging site that allows members to post messages up to 140 characters.

What is Twitter?

500

A collection of personal thoughts posted on a public Web site.

What is Blog?

500

A person's ability to use technology while "on the go".

What is Mobile Computing?

500

A technique to be notified when other bloggers link to their blogs.




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