2nd Six Weeks Flashcards
Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOG) or Massively Multiplayer
Online Role Playing Games (MMORPG)
feature fantasy or magical themes. Players create an avatar and pay a fee to log in to access the virtual world improving their avatar’s abilities and buying in-game items.
Cave Automated Virtual Entertainment (CAVE)
systems take the virtual world
concept a step further because the user stands in a small cube-like room while images of the virtual world are projected on the walls surrounding the user in the environment and creating a more immersive effect.
Health concerns
o Lack of exercise
o Addiction
o Repetitive strain injury
o Death
o Violence
Online predators
Target young children
Augmented Reality
Technologies that add a layer of digital information to our views of the real world using a smartphone or tablet
Point your device, shows real time info
Could assist first responders and soldiers
News Aggregation Sites
Fetch headlines and articles from many different sites and present them on a single page
Pay Walls
o Aggregation sites present a summary of articles, so fewer viewers click
through to read the full article. Revenue drops.
o Some online news sources require payment to view their content.
o Users pay a small fee for unrestricted access to news content.
Digital TV & Radio
Biggest change to television services in recent years has been the move from analog to digital transmissions
Digital signals require less bandwidth allowing for transmission in high definition
Video on Demand (VOD)
o Allows users to catch up with TV shows and movies streamed at any time
from the Internet.
Social News Sites
The rise of Web 2.0 technologies has increased the number of community and
social news sites.
Social news sties aggregate stories too, but also rank them based on popularity with users.
Citizen Journalism
Regular people who break news or witness of unpredictable events rather than
traditional media
Citizen Journalism has become popular because of cell phones with cameras
and Internet access
Allows for footage to be shot, uploaded, and shared immediately on social media
sites.
e-Books
Method of distributing electronic copies of books, magazines and newspapers
Most e-book readers use electronic ink which is used to improve the display quality which is more comfortable to read than LCD screens.
How has Internet revolutionized the travel industry?
Online schedules
Direct ticketing
Continual updates
Price comparisons
Example of customer reviews
Tripadvisor
Web 2.0 tools
Can provide deeper knowledge on places around the world because local residents can contribute
Wiki
– What I Know Is
How do several businesses track their vehicles?
RFID tags for toll way access and deduct fees as their vehicle passes
Companies use GPS technology to….
track their vehicles
remote vehicle disabling systems
Can stop a vehicle in its tracks
Route Planning
Using software to improve efficiency of operations
Better routes, shorter traffic, etc.
Reduces fuel consumption
Tracks employee action
Smart Cars
Have sensors to provide feedback about the environment
o Provide safety and better comfort
o Can autonomously parallel park
HTML
Hypertext Markup Language
HTML - Each page is saved as?
a separate file with the .html extension
HTML tags start and end with…?
angled brackets and control how the page appears
CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
used to specify styling and formatting information for web pages
