Vocabulary List #6

• meme - an element of a culture or system of behavior that may be considered to be passed from one individual to another by nongenetic means , especially imitation
• virus - a piece of code that is capable of copying itself and typically has a detrimental effect , such as corrupting the system or destroying data
• viral - relating to or involving an image , video , piece of information , etc that is circulated rapidly and widely from one Internet user to another
• blog - a regularly updated website or web page , typically one turn by an individual or small group , that is written in an informal or conversational style
• wiki - a website or database developed collaboratively by a community of users , allowing any users , allowing any user to add and edit content
• URL - an acronym for Uniform Resource Locator and is a reference to resource on the Internet , has two main components
• website - a location connected to the Internet that maintains one or more web pages
• www - World Wide Web is a network for online content that is formatted in HTML and accessed via HTTP
• Internet - a global computer network providing a variety of information and communication facilities consisting of interconnected networks using standardized communication protocals
• 2.0 - used to denote a superior or more advanced version of an original concept , product , service , etc
• open source - denoting software for which the original source code is made freely available and may be redistributed and modified