Define Terms:
www.: World-Wide-Web
Blog: An editable/readable online 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
Website: Collection of related web pages, images, videos or other digital assets
URL: An address of a webpage on the world wide web.
Modem: Electronic equipment consisting of a device used to connect computers by a telephone line
Image: For example a two-dimensional picture, that has a similar appearance to some subject--usually a physical object or a person.
GIF: The Graphics Interchange Format
PDF: Portable Document Format
Embed: Placing a snippet of code, gadget or widget into a website to provide added functionality
Application: 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: A device or control that is very useful for a particular job
Cybersaftey: Refers to the safe use of the Internet and ICT equipment/devices, including mobile phones
HTML: Hypertext Markup Language
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.
Flash: A type of website code which allows for fancy graphics and animations but that is difficult for search engines to read and understand
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Why, When and Who Invented the Internet?
The internet was devaloped from ARPANET by the United States Department of Defence to make comunications between separate computer systems more convenient. The Internet was invented in 1989 by Sir Tim Burners Lee.
--Questions--
- What different types of websites are there?
Informative, Leisure, Social, Search Engines.
- What are the benefits of having a website?
It can be used to distribute imformation to the public
- What are 'documents' online?
Documents available to view and download on-line
- What purpose does a 'web map' serve?
"The WebMap Operation provides complete listing of all known links pointing in and links pointing out for any page/URL on the web".
- What are 'links'?
Connections to other webpages
- Discuss why it is important to identify the potential users of a website.
To design your website along with what they would find attractive.
- What are the 8 golden rules of good web design?
1. Strive for consistency.
2. Enable frequent users to use short-cuts
3. Offer informitive feedback
4. Walk user through more complicated tasks
5. Offer simple error handling
6. Permit easy reversal of actions
7. Make the user feel in control
8. Keep it simple
- What are the principles of good web design?
http://www.umich.edu/~ece/resources/design.html
- Discuss why it is important to test, evaluate and update your website?
You would not want false/out-of-date information.
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