blog ------------------------ read, write, or edit a shared on-line journal.
Internet ----------------------- a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange information.
website ----------------------- a computer connected to the Internet that maintains a series of web pages on the World Wide Web
URL --------------------------the address of a web page on the world wide web
modem ------------------------ electronic equipment consisting of a device used to connect computers by a telephone line
image --------------------------an iconic mental representation; "her imagination forced images upon her too awful to contemplate"
GIF ---------------------------The Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) is a bitmap image format that was introduced by CompuServe in 1987 and has since come into widespread usage on the World Wide Web due to its wide support and portability.
PDF ---------------------------Portable Document Format (PDF) is a file format created by Adobe Systems in 1993 for document exchange. PDF is used for representing two-dimensional documents in a manner independent of the application software, hardware, and operating system.
embed -------------------------implant: fix or set securely or deeply; "He planted a knee in the back of his opponent"; "The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum"
applications ---------------------Application software, also known as software application, application or app, is computer software designed to help the user to perform a singular or multiple related specific tasks. Typical examples are word processors, spreadsheets, media players and database applications.
gadget --------------------------appliance: a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
cybersafety ----------------------refers to the safe use of the Internet and ICT equipment/devices, including mobile phones.
html ------------------------------hypertext markup language: a set of tags and rules (conforming to SGML) for using them in developing hypertext documents
bitmap image ---------------------In computer graphics, a bitmap or pixmap is a type of memory organization or image file format used to store digital images. The term bitmap comes from the computer programming terminology, meaning just a map of bits, a spatially mapped array of bits.
vector image ----------------------Vector graphics is the use of geometrical primitives such as points, lines, curves, and shapes or polygon(s), which are all based on mathematical equations, to represent images in computer graphics.
Why, when, and who invented the Internet?
The Internet was originally developed by DARPA - the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency - as a means to share information on defense research between involved universities and defense research facilities.
the Internet was invented in 1989.
Answer the following questions:
1. What different types of websites are there e.g. informative.....
2. What are the benefits of having a website?
3. What are 'documents' online?
4. What purpose does a 'web map' serve?
5. What are 'links'?
6. Discuss why it is important to identify the potential users of a website.
7. What are the 8 golden rules of good web design?
8. What are the principles of good web design?
9. Discuss why it is important to test, evaluate and update your website?
1. What different types of websites are there e.g. informative.....
2. What are the benefits of having a website?
3. What are 'documents' online?
4. What purpose does a 'web map' serve?
5. What are 'links'?
6. Discuss why it is important to identify the potential users of a website.
7. What are the 8 golden rules of good web design?
8. What are the principles of good web design?
9. Discuss why it is important to test, evaluate and update your website?
ANSWERS
1. commercial, personal, organizational, educational, entertainment, news, blogs, search engines, hybrid websites.
2. The Internet is extremely different from print advertising in that space is cheap, your advertisement is accessible for a longer period of time, the content can be changed without having to ask someone to do it for you (if you use a content management system) and you can potentially reach a wider audience.
3. everything
4. A Web Map Service (WMS) is a standard protocol for serving geo referenced map images over the Internet that are generated by a map server using data from a GIS database. The specification was developed and first published by the Open Geospatial Consortium in 1999
5. an instruction that connects one part of a program on a list to another program or list
6. to find out if what website you are going to go on is safe.
7. planning , content , design , involvement , production , follow up , promotion , maintenance.
8. don't make users think , design the page to focus the users attention , be simple but effective.
9. if u do not test or evaluate you website it may crash, not work, look bad. if you do not update your website it will become "boring" it will not stand out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpwEUA9IGdY
