| Web 2.0
: If
you've heard the term ‘Web 2.0' but
can't define it precisely, join the
club. Since its coinage in 2004, it's
become a catch-all term for a truckload
of new and not-so-new activities and
applications for sharing and
collaborating on the Internet.
Definition too nebulous? Consult
Wikipedia.org ... an excellent Web
2.0 example.
A ‘wiki' lets users
create, browse and search information on
the Internet. Volunteers contributed
Wikipedia's 7.2 million articles, and
although anyone can theoretically edit
them, volunteer editors/peers must
approve changes before they are
published to the Web. Apparently, people
inherently trust people.
Web Browser:
Application software that allows users
to access and view Web pages. Also
called a browser.
Web hosting
service:
Companies that provide storage for Web
pages for a reasonable monthly fee.
Word Processor:
One of the more widely used types of
application software, a word processor
allows a user to create and manipulate
documents containing mostly text and
sometimes graphics. Also called word
processing software.
Worm:
Type of malicious-logic program that
copies itself repeatedly, for example in
memory or over a network, using up
system resources and possibly shutting a
system down.
WYSIWYG:
What You See Is What You Get.
Application software that embeds
invisible codes around the text and
graphics, which instructs the computer
how to present the information when
printing.
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