APR - Using Information Technology Efficiently - 2%

The unique location of an Internet server, a specific file (for example a web page) or an email user - it is also used to specify the location of data with computer storage.

Audio content broadcasted over the internet. The term serves as a broad description for any audio content , including streaming audio, podcasts, or other distribution methods.

CSS - determines how a given elements is presented on a webpage - more control over the appearance of a web page

On a website - a navigation tool that allows a user to see where the current page is in relation to the website's hierarchy.

A saved link to a web page

A web-based venue for communities of users with a common interest to communicate in real time. Forums, discussions, in compassion, allow uses to post messages but don't have the capacity for interactive messages.

Extensible Markup Language; a flexible way to create common information formats and share both the format and the data on the World Wide Web, intranets, elsewhere

A server program that allows collaboration in forming the content of a website or other document via a website. With a wiki, any user can edit site content, including other users' contributions, using a regular web browser.

A group of items, each of which represents one post (i.e. Blog post or MP# file). You subscribe to the channel when subscribing to the podcasts. Channel is used interchangeably with feed on many websites; may also be referred to as a "feed"

term for the small, often orange buttons used as links to RSS files. Mist podcatchers allow a user to drag and drop chicklets directly onto them to easily add a subscription.

Short for weblog; a personal online journal that is frequently updated and intended for general public consumption

Visiting websites without allowing anyone to gather information about which sites the user visited. Services are available that provide anonymity, disable pop-up windows and cookies, and conceal the visitor's IP address

CMS; a system used to manage website content in lieu of commercially available code-based web design software

On a website, a program that counts and typically displays how many people have visited an HTML page

The process of converting information into a digital format, organized in units of data called bits and bytes. His is the binary data that computers and many devices with computing capacity can process

FTP - a standard internet protocol and the simplest way to exchange files between computers on the internet

A worldwide system of computer networks conceived by the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) of the US government in 1969 and first known as the ARPANET.

Registering, trafficking in or using a domain name with bad-faith intent to profit from from the goodwill of a trademark or celebrity belonging to someone else.

Information a website puts on your hard disk so that it can remember something about you at a later time. typically, is records your preference when you use a particular site.

A list of frequently asked questions, and answers that has become a common feature on internet sites.

A single entry in a news feed or podcast channel. Each items contains an enclosure that links to the audio file for the podcast, include ID3 tags.

Audio or video Programs targeting specific audience demographic, as opposed to a broadcast

A web feed that specifically supplies new headlines or posts to an RSS aggregator. Also called a news channel

A marketing strategy using email and other mobile technology to send consumers information that they have agreed in advance to receive (opt-in email). Permission is a key provision in the 2003 Can Spam Act

An e-mail fraud method. A perpetrator sends a legitimate-looking e-mail in an attempt to gather personal and/or financial information from recipients.

A basic internet program that lets you verify that a particular IP address exists and can accept requests

An audiofile published on the Internet with an RSS feed, allowing users to subscribe to automatic downloads of a series of such programs

The preparation and distribution of audio (and possibly other media) files for download to digital music or multimedia players such as the iPod

A software application that automatically checks for and downloads new podcast feeds.

An enterprise that uses the Internet to act as an intermediary between a workstation user and the Internet so that the enterprise can ensure security, administrative control and caching service

A podcast that is sent directly to a smartphone or other mobile device without being sent to a laptop of desktop PC

A set of technologies whereby information is delivered from a central server to a client computer, often by means of an Internet-based content delivery method

On a website, a technique for moving visitors to a different page or site when its address has been changed and visitors are familiar with the old address

RDF Site Summary, formerly called Rich Site Summary or Really Simple Syndication; a method of describing news or other web content that is available for "feeding"( distribution or syndication) from an online publisher to web users.

A program used to collect and read RSS feeds. Also known as a news reader, news aggregator

An XML file that provides content or summaries of content and other metadata, that a user can subscribe to using a RSS aggregator.

The process of someone creating an RSS feed from another website, as opposed to the individuals own content.

Unsolicited e-mail. From teh sender's point-of-view, spam is a form of bulk mail, often sent to a list obtained from a spambot or to a list obtained by companies that specialize in creating email distribution lists.

To copy an RSS link into a podcast organizer or loader application to download later

Any technology that aids in gathering information about a person or organization without their knowledge

Sound (audio) and pictures (video) transmitted on the Internet in a streaming or continuous fashion, using data packets.

The supply of material for reuse and intergration with other material, often through a paid service subscription

Uniform Resource Locator, previously Universal Resource Locator; the unique address for a file that is accessible on the Internet

Universal Subscription Mechanism, which allows certain podcasters to automatically add a subscription from an RSS file.

The process of recording and storing data for later viewing, listening or reading

The transmission of a file from one computer system to another, usually a larger computer system. From a network user's point-of-view, to upload a file to send it to another computer that is set up to receive it.

Similar to podcasting, except that video files, instead of audio are published into RSS feeds; also called Vlogging or vodcasting

Video blog; a blog that contains video content

A term for advanced Internet technology and applications, including blogs wikis, RSS and bookmark sharing. The two major components are the technological advances enabled by Ajax and other applications such as RSS and Eclipse and the user empowerment that they support

Standards ensuring that people with disabilities can use the web.

A website that consists of a series of entries arranged in reverse chronological order, often frequently updated with new information about particular topics.

A type of web conference or web seminar that can be presented as an interactive dialogue between presenter and audience completely via the Internet, or a telephone-based presentation with complementing computer-based content. A webinar is "live".