Unit 1-Ch. 2

Question 1

Internet

Answer 1

As a common noun, a network of networks; as a proper noun, the global network of networks. It is a communication tool that is used for a variety of purposes.

Question 2

TCP/IP

Answer 2

Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol; this is a common method of formatting and sending data around the Internet. It is not a single protocol but rather represents a series of common protocols that standardize the way data are handled from all computers on a given internet.

Question 3

Decentralized Organization

Answer 3

A company or organization in which there is no one main leader, president, or operating officer. Rather, the organization’s leadership is broken up in several different parts of the organization itself.

Question 4

You

Answer 4

Users are in ultimate control of the systems.

Question 5

The three aspects of the Internet Social Space:

Answer 5

Generative, Open and Simple

Question 6

Simplicity has 2 principles:

Answer 6

Procrastination and Trust-Your-Neighbor Principles

Question 7

Web 2.0

Answer 7

A term that reflects changes to a more collaborative Internet, referred to colloquially as “create and collaborate.”

Question 8

Web 1.0

Answer 8

A term that refers to the earliest functions of the Internet as being a space for posting information, referred to colloquially as “read and retrieve.”

Question 9

Narbs

Answer 9

Short for narrative bits; a term coined by Wake Forest University communication professor Ananda Mitra that refers to “an item of personal information posted online, particularly as it contributes, often unwittingly, to a personal narrative that individual is creating online.

Question 10

7 things which characterize O’Reilly’s philiosophy of Internet

Answer 10

1. Services (not software) 2. Control of data that gets better with use 3. Trusting users as co-developers 4. Harnessing collective intelligence 5. “Using the long tail” 6. Non-device specific software 7. Lightweight interfaces

Question 11

Web 3.0

Answer 11

A term that refers to the manner in which networked technologies can be programmed to analyze large trends in the massive amounts of data provided by their users, referred to colloquially as “the semantic Web.”

Question 12

Big Data

Answer 12

A term that refers to the large quantities of information organizations can retrieve from Internet users regarding their usage patterns and preferences.