📚 Unit 1: Technology Skills in the 21st Century

e-mail

an electronic message used by individuals to communicate with one another

Carbon Copy (CC)

In an email, to send the message to additional recipients beyond the primary recipient.

Blind Carbon Copy (BCC)

Hides email addresses from the email's recipients

Boolean Operators

AND, OR, and NOT used in search strings to refine the scope of the search

HTTP

HyperText Transfer Protocol - the protocol used for transmitting web pages over the Internet

HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure)

An encrypted version of HTTP. It uses port 443.

URL (Uniform Resource Locator)

A location or address identifying where documents can be found on the Internet; a Web address

top-level domain

Domains (including .net, .org, .com, .mil. and the set .xx country codes) at the end of a domain name are the highest level of the domain name hierarchy.

Sub domain

The section of a web address that goes before the domain name. Example: Support.Microsoft.com. Used for quicker access to a specific place in a website.

domain name

The portion of a web site address that identifies he site.

truncate

to shorten

credibility

the quality of being believable or trustworthy

conflict of interest

a situation in which an action by a company or individual results in an unfair benefit.

Astroturfing

creating a movement controlled by a large organization or group designed to look like a citizen-founded, grassroots campaign

WHOIS Search

a query and response protocol used for querying databases storing the registered users or assignees of an Internet resource, such as a domain name, an IP address block, or an autonomous system; can be used to passively gather information about a target or company.

personal bias

the researcher allowing personal beliefs to affect the outcome of a study

sponsored content

Sponsored content is content that is paid for by an advertiser and is intended to promote that advertiser's product. Sponsored content can sometimes look like a regular news article, but the opinions and information presented are usually biased and not reliable.

native advertisement

a message about a product that is produced in the format and style of the media vehicle in which it is placed

efficient

being effective without wasting time or effort or expense

effective

successful in producing a desired or intended result

source

A website, article, person, or other resource consulted for information.

Uniform Resource Identifier (URI)

A standarized method of referring to a resource using a text string.

host name

Identifies the organization that is responsible for the information on the page or provides the server space where the information is stored

Web paths are always specified with _______

Query String

A set of property/value pairs added to the end of a URL to pass additional information. (Used in GET requests and form processing. Can be a form of state management. Syntax begins with a question mark, separates properties and values with a colon, and separates data pairs with semi-colons.)