1. Terms. Copy and paste the following terms into your page. Use the internet to find out what they mean, and write the definitions in your own words.
a) www: world wide web.
b) internet: a computer network that goes around the world.
c)modem: A device that encodes digital computer signals into analog/analogue telephone signals and vice versa and allows computers to communicate over a phone lined) broadband: Broadbanding is used by Payroll Departments in the Human resource management. Its a technique used to categorize different pay structures of employees of an organization.
e) dial up; Dial-up Internet access is a form of Internet access that uses telephone lines
f) wireless: no cord but still connected to internet
g) sms: Short Message Service. Popularly known as "text messages". Analysis said it will be the main revenue generator for 3G operators.h) mms: MMS is a service developed jointly together with 3GPP, allows users to combine sounds with images and text when sending messages,
i) cyberbully - A bully who operates online, in cyberspace; To bully onlinej) mesquerading: pretend to be someone or something that you are not; "he is masquerading as an expert on the internet
k) spam: Spam is the abuse of electronic messaging systems (including most broadcast media, digital delivery systems) to send unsolicited bulk messages indiscriminately. ...l) virus: A computer virus is a computer program that can copy itself and infect a computer
m) E.saft:ey: is about staying safe on the internet and staying out of trouble in places like chat rooms and facebook and also not downloading things such as viruses and other bad things.
n) spyware :Spyware is a type of malware that is installed on computers and collects little bits of information at a time about users without their knowledge
o) pop up: When using the Internet, a pop-up is a new window that opens to gain attention by blocking the previously displayed window.
2. Social networking