Recent Developments WIKI
-type of software which allows a user to create and edit web pages using any available web browser
-support the use of hyperlinks and have a very simple syntax (rules) for the page creation.

Social networking sites
-designed to promote the building of online communication who in general share the same interest and activities
-aim at younger generation who like share photos, videos etc...
- users can add friends, post message, update profiles

Blogs
- a personal Internet journals where writer (blogger) can write some text about a topic or person
-no training needed

Web Browser
-Softwares that allow a user to display and interact with web pages and files from the internet
-software interprets the coding langguage of the websites and displays the translation instead of showing the actual coding
-user can launch a web browser by clicking on appropriate icon. no need to know the commands required

Digital media sharing websites
-allows users to upload video files and other multimedia files for other users to access as required
-Video files: stored on server. allows free access to anyone or require a code before videos can be viewed

Internet Service Providers(ISPS)
-companies that provide user access to the Internet
- customer pay monthly fee for this service
-once sign up to ISP, an account is set up.user name and password created
-ISP monitor Internet usage when users access internet

Podcasts
-series of media files (audio and video) that are released at regular intervals and downloaded to a user's computer
-stored and maintained centrally
-listener or viewer employ appropriate application software to access files, check for updates and download new files in given series

Tagging
- of bookmarking where a user tags a web page or photograph using some text to describe its contents
-can be viewed by anyone

Bit (data ) streaming
-refers to data sent in a compressed form over the Internet that can be displayed in real time on the user's computer
-downloaded data is sent to buffer; it's not saved on the user's computer. needs to be streamed every time video or audio file is to be accessed
-can either be true(real time) or on-demand
->true
when information is sent straight to user's computer. no need to save it first on website server.
->on-demand
when files are first saved on hard disk on the web server and
-need to have media player software that uncompresses the data and then sent it to buffer before play back

	Created by syasya0905 about 11 years ago

my notes on computer science

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