Glossary of Keywords for Online Age
Digital:
Relating to, using, or storing data or information in the form of digital signals.
Broadband
A high-capacity transmission technique using a wide range of frequencies, which enables a large number of messages to be communicated simultaneously
HD TV
High definition television
Web 1.0
Early stage of world wide web
Web 2.0
The second stage of development of the Internet, characterized especially by the change from static web pages to dynamic
Web 3.0
The predicted third generation of the World Wide Web, usually conjectured to include semantic tagging of content
Global Market
A market is one of the many varieties of systems, institutions, procedures, social relations and infrastructures whereby parties engage in exchange.
A world wide market which allows you to buy and sell products on the internet. For example, eBay
Peer to Peer
denoting networks in which each computer can act as a server for the others, allowing shared access to files from a central server.
iPlayer
An internet based software that allows you to access television and radio programmes.
Piracy
The unauthorized use or reproduction of another’s work.
User Generated Content
User-generated content covers a range of media content available in a range of modern communications technologies.
Prosumer
A person who buys electronic goods that are of a standard between those aimed at consumers and professional.
Citizen Journalists
The collection, dissemination, and analysis of news and information by the general public, especially by means of the Internet.
GGI
General Graphics Interface is a project that aims to develop a reliable, stable and fast computer graphics system that works everywhere.
Cloud Storage
A virtual storage unit for data.
Viral Marketing
A marketing technique via the internet.
MP3 Player
A means of compressing a sound sequence into a very small file, to enable digital storage and transmission.
Convergence
Concentration of media ownership is a process whereby progressively fewer individuals or organizations control increasing shares of the mass media.
File Sharing
The practice of making computer files available to other users of a network via the internet.
Democratic Media
Democratic media is a form of media organization that strives to have the principles of democracy underlying not only the production of content, but also the organization of the entire project.
Online Identity
An online identity, internet identity, or internet persona is a social identity that an Internet user establishes in online communities and websites.
Remixing
Produce a different version of something by changing the balance.
Digital Natives
A person born or brought up during the age of digital technology and so familiar with computers and the Internet from an early age.
Digital Immigrants
A person born or brought up before the widespread use of digital technology.
Downloading
Copy (data) from one computer system to another.
Streaming
Relating to or making use of a form of tape transport in which data may be transferred in bulk while the tape is in motion
Synergy
The interaction or cooperation of two or more organizations, substances, or other agents to produce a combined effect greater than the sum of their separate effects
Crowd Sourcing
Obtain (information or input into a particular task or project) by enlisting the services of a number of people, either paid or unpaid, typically via the Internet
Crowd Funding
the practice of funding a project or venture by raising many small amounts of money from a large number of people, typically via the Internet.
Social Media
Websites and applications used for social networking.
Mash-ups
A web page or application created by combining data or functionality from different sources.
