Information TechnologyIn the broadest sense, information technology refers to both the hardware and software that are used to store, retrieve, and manipulate information. At the lowest level you have the servers with an operating system. Installed on these servers are things like database and web serving software. The servers are connected to each other and to users via a network infrastructure. And the users accessing these servers have their own hardware, operating system, and software tools.
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Information Communication TechnologyAn umbrella term that includes any communication device or application, encompassing: radio, television, cellular phones, computer and network hardware and software, satellite systems and so on, as well as the various services and applications associated with them, such as videoconferencing and distance learning.
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InternetCalled the '
information superhighway' and the 'network of
networks,' it is basically a
means of connecting a computer to any other computer anywhere in the world. When two
computers are connected over the Internet, they can send and
receive all kinds of
information such as text,
graphics, voice,
video, and
computer programs.
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Computer Mediated CommunicationComputer-Mediated Communication (CMC) is the process by which people create, exchange, and perceive information using networked telecommunications systems (or non-networked computers) that facilitate encoding, transmitting, and decoding messages.
Studies of CMC can
view this process from a variety of
interdisciplinary theoretical perspectives by focusing on some combination of people, technology, processes, or effects. Some of these perspectives include the
social,
cognitive/psychological,
linguistic,
cultural,
technical, or political aspects; and/or draw on fields such as
human communication,
rhetoric and composition,
media studies,
human-computer interaction,
journalism,
telecommunications,
computer science,
technical communication, or
information studies.
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NetiquetteNetiquette, or net etiquette, refers to etiquette on the Internet. Good netiquette involves respecting others' privacy and not doing anything online that will annoy or frustrate other people. Three areas where good netiquette is highly stressed are e-mail, online chat, and newsgroups. For example, people that spam other users with unwanted e-mails or flood them with messages have very bad netiquette.
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Web BrowserComputer program used for accessing sites or information on a network (as the World Wide Web).Web browsers come in many different styles, each with their own nuances.Main reason a person utilizes a web browser is to view web pages on the Internet.
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Navigating the web
The word of navigate is derived from
naus/
nautes (Greek), which relate to sea and sailors. In addition to
navigation, these roots have also given us other words like
Nautical (
relating to the sea),
Astronaut (
a sailor of the stars -
Aster means a
star),
Cosmonaut (
a sailor of the cosmos) etc. Closing our brief English language discussion, "
navigation" is the science and skill of moving from one place to another.web site navigation is the science and skill which you apply to a web site that helps visitors move from one page to another.
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