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Module 2 : The Web Flashcards

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Web (world wide web)

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Changed the way people access information, conduct business transactions and communicate

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Internet

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Global collection of millions of computers linked together to share information worldwide

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Webpage

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Electronic document that can contain text, graphics, sound, video and links to other webpages

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Website

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Collection of webpages

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Browser

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An app designed to display webpages

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Navigate

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You use the tools in the browser

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Home/Start page

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The webpage that appears when you open a browser

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Hyperlinks

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You can click them to display a webpage or other resourse on the internet, such as a file

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Uniform resource locator (URL)

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An address that identifies the location of the page on the internet

Consists of the protocol, server address, pathname, domain name, webpage file name (see picture)

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Blogs

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Informal websites with time-stamped articles or posts, in a diary or journal format

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Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)

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The most common way to transfer information around the web, to retrieve the page.

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Web server

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Delivers webpages to computers requesting the pages through a browser

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IP address

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Unique number that consists of four sets of numbers from 0 to 255 separated by periods or dots e.g, 68.89.156.255

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Domain name

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Identifies one or more IP addresses

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Address bar

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Where URL is displayed in the search bar

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Cache

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Copy of each pahe uou view

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Breadcrumbs

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The path you followed to display the webpage

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Navigation bar

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Include buttons such as back and forward the you can use to revisit the webpages along breadcrumb path

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Top-level domain (TLD)

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Three letter extension after the period, such as .com

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Popular TLDs

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See picture

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Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)

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Sets standards that allow devices, services and applications to work together across the internet, e.g, sets standards for IP addresses, rerouting data, securing websites, etc.

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World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)

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Consists of 100s of organizations and experts that work together to write web standards

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Content aggregator

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Site such as News360 gathere, organizes and then distributes web content.
As a subscriber, you choose the type of content you wantcand receive updates when new content is available

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Media sharing site

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Site such as YouTube or Flickr

You can manage media such as photos, videos and music and share them with other site members

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Online social network
Social networking or social media site You share your interests, ideas, stories, photos, music and videos online with other registered users In most, you can also communicate through text, voice and video chat
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Wel portal/Portal
Website that combines pages from many sources and provides access to those pages Customized to meet your needs and interests Single point of access
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Search engines
Software designed to find webpages based to your search critea
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Wiki
Collaborate website where you and your colleagues can modify and publish content on a webpage Useful for group projects
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Web apps
Apps you can run entirely in a browser
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App
Its short for application | Software you use to perform a task
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Pros and Cons of web apps
See picture
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Major components of a web page
(See picture) ``` Header Navigation bar Body Sidebar Footer ```
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Encyption
Security method that scrambles or codes data as it is transmitted over a network so it is not readable until it is decrypted The s in https stands for secure http is not secure
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Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure
https - secure
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Digital cetificate
Used to verify the identity of the organization and vouch for the authenticity of the website
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E-Commerce
Short for electronic commerce Refers to business transactions on an electronic network such as the internet Buying and selling of clothes, electronics, music, tickets
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Types of E-Commerce
Business-to-consumer (shopping websites) Consumer-to-consumer (online auctions) Business-to-business (market research websites)
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E-Commerse Pros
See picture
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E-Commerse Cons
See picture
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Electronic storefront
Contains product descriptions, images and a shopping cart to collect items you want to purchase
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Cookies
Tracks your selected items
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3D Secure
Standard protocol for securing credit card transactions over the internet, provides extra layer of security on websites
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Transport Layer Security (TLS)
Encrypts data | Helps protect consumers and businesses from fraud and identity theft when conducting commerce on the internet
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Information Literacy
How you find, evaluate, use and communicate online information
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General Search Engine
Such as Google, Bing or Yahoo When you perform a search, general search engine does not search the entire internet, instead, it compiles a database of information about webpages
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Spiders/Crawlers
Combs the web to find webpages and add new data about them to the database
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Index
Terms and their locations | Built by spiders/crawlers
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Query
When you enter a query, a general search engine refers to its database index and then lists pages that match your search term, ranked by how closely they answer your query
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Search tool
Finds online information based on criteria you specify or selections you make
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Web directory/Subject directory
Another type of search tool | Ans online guide to subjects or websites, usually arranged in alphabetical order
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Specialized search tools
Concentrate on specific resources, such as scholarly journals
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Search operators / Boolean operators
Characters, words and symbols that focus the search
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Word stem
Used to broaden a search, it is the base of the word
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Specialty search engine
Lets you search databases, news providers, podcasts and other online information sources that general search engines do not always access
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Additional search tools
See picture
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Intellectual Property Rights
Legal rights protecting those who create works such as photos, art, writing, inventions ans music
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Copyright
Gives authors and artists the legal right to sell, publish or distribute an original work
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Digital Rights Mangement (DRM)
Techniques such as authentication, copy protection or encryption that limit access to proprietary materials
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Public domain
Means that the item, such as a photo is available and accessible to the public without requiring permission to use and therefore not subject to copyright
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Fair use doctrine
Allows you to use a sentence or paragraph of a text without permission if you include a citation to the original source
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Creative commons (CC)
Non-profit organization that helps content creators keep copyright to their materials while allowing others to copy, use, distribute their work
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Ethics
Set of moral principles that govern people’s behaviour
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Citation
Formal reference to a souce, such as a published work
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Plagiarism
Using the work or ideas of someone else and claiming them as your own
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Keywords
Words that best describe what you want to find and produce a list of results that include the words or phrase
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Hits
The most relevant results
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Usage rights
Indicate when you can use, share or modify the images you find online

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