Gr 11 2.2 – E-COMMUNICATIONS

Question 1

Android OS

Answer 1

Operating system created by Google and used on most non-
Apple mobile devices.

Question 2

Blogs/Web blogs

Answer 2

Websites updated regularly with news and events in
chronological order. A blog reads like a journal with the most
recent entry at the top.

Question 3

Bluetooth

Answer 3

A wireless technology that allows devices such as mice,
printers and cell phones to communicate over a relatively
short distance, typically less than 10m.

Question 4

Email

Answer 4

The composing, sending and receiving of messages
electronically over a network, including the Internet.

Question 5

FTP

Answer 5

(FILE TRANSFER PROTOCOL)
The protocol used for the fast, easy transfer of large files
between remote computers that have an Internet
connection.

Question 6

GPS

Answer 6

(GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM)

A navigation system that uses signals received from geo-
stationary satellites to determine accurately within 5m) the

position of a receiving device.

Question 7

HTTP

Answer 7

(HYPERTEXT TRANSFER PROTOCOL)
The protocol that defines how web pages and their content
are transferred across the Web.

Question 8

HTTPS

Answer 8

(HYPERTEXT TRANSFER PROTOCOL SECURE)
The protocol used for secure, encrypted communications
over the internet. It is used on websites, which require a
user to enter confidential or personal information such as
passwords or banking details.

Question 9

IM

Answer 9

(INSTANT MESSAGING)
Internet based alternative to text messaging, in which
multimedia content can be exchanged in real time via
applications such as WhatsApp, BBM and Mxit.

Question 10

iOS

Answer 10

Operating system found only on Apple devices such as the
iPhone and iPad.

Question 11

Microblogging

Answer 11

The posting of short text entries usually via a cellphone or a
smartphone, on a platform like Twitter.

Question 12

Mobile browser

Answer 12

Browser designed for the use on mobile devices,
incorporating innovations to accommodate the smaller
screen sizes, also the lower power profiles and processing
abilities of these devices. Mobile-specific versions of a
website often have an ‘m’ prefix and end with ‘mobi’.

Question 13

Podcast

Answer 13

An audio file (often in MP3 format) made available for
download from the Internet; more often pre-recorded radio
chat shows and talks, rather than music.

Question 14

POP3

Answer 14

(POST OFFICE PROTOCOL 3)
The most common protocol used for downloading e-mail via
the Internet from POP3 servers.

Question 15

Smartphones

Answer 15

Cellphones with a mobile operating system and the ability to
run third-party software or ‘apps’. They generally include a
touch screen interface and multiple sensors for advanced
functions such as GPS, accelerometer, ect.

Question 16

SMS

Answer 16

(SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE)
SMS-ing (or texting) is sending short text messages from one
cell phone to another, popular and convenient because it
allows one to communicate directly without making a phone
call.

Question 17

SMTP

Answer 17

(SIMPLE MAIL TRANSFER PROTOCOL)
The most common protocol used for sending e-mail via
SMTP servers on the Internet.

Question 18

VLOG

Answer 18

(VIDEO BLOG)
A form of blog, which uses video as the medium. Entries
normally combine video supported by text and images.

Question 19

VODCAST

Answer 19

(VIDEO PODCAST)
A form of podcast which includes video clips or photos and is
downloaded and played as a movie.