Unit 1 - Activity 2: I.C.T.

Terminology
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Technology To Go: The Evolution of Mobile Communication
Mobile computing A device that is portable and capable of wireless communication
WiFi Wireless Fidelity, allows computing devices to access the internet
WAP Wireless Access Point, passes data along to the local network
PDA Personal Digital Assistant, handhelds that used to be for storing phone
numbers but have recently become mini computers
Why are mobile computing devices so popular? They are small and easy to carry

Sending Electronic Mail

What are some of the difference/advantages/disadvantages between web-based
email and an e-mail software that can be installed on your computer?
Using online email, you can send an email to anyone who has an online email. Using
an email software, you can only send that to anyone who has the same software.

Networks
LAN Local Area Network, smallest possible network

Intranet a private network, a bit bigger than a LAN, that you need a password to
access

WAN Wide Area Network, large type of network that can have many computers
attached to it

Internet the largest WAN, somewhere between 350 and 500 million computers

WWW World Wide Web, the part of the internet that contains webpages

Webpage a single web document that includes text, links, pictures and other
multimedia

Website a collection of webpages, usually maintained by the same

person/organization

Web Browser a software application that transforms information into webpages

you can view on your computer

Here are some items (numbered from the picture above) that are common to web
browsers:
Button Name

Purpose

Keyboard
Shortcut

Back

Takes you to the previous page visited

ALT-left

Forward

If you have gone back, this will take you

forward to the page you were using

ALT-right

Stop

stops the from a webpage data from loading

Esc

Refresh

if the data on a page is charging, refresh to see

a fresh version of the page

F5 or CTRLR

Home

return to homepage

CTRL-Home

Favourites
(Often called
bookmarks)

websites you have saved for easier access

Varies
according
to browser

URL

URL Uniform Resource Locator, webpage

address
HTTP Hyper Text Transfer Protocol, a set of
rules that allow your own computer to ask
webpages for information

The address
bar

where the URL is

Links

clicking on a link takes you to a new webpage

When finished, pair up with a classmate and take the Jeopardy-style Quiz!