E-Tech Lesson 1

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}}It is an interconnected system of public webpages accessible through the internet.}}

}}It is invented by Sir Tim Berners-Lee in 1989.}}

These are what makes up the web and can either be static or dynamic.

Advantages

lower once off-cost
faster loading than dynamic sites
cheaper hosting required than dynamic sites, these sites usually use less bandwidth and server resources than dynamic sites
developer independent

Disadvantages

Might have higher maintenance costs if the content changes often.
No user registrations, or advanced functionality usually connected with dynamic stress
dependent on a developer to make changes

Describes the ^^present generation of the web^^ that concentrates its ^^capability of providing the means to collaborate and share information online.^^
^^Second stage^^ of development in WWW
Dynamic Website: content of the website changes
Interactive: the user can comment and or create a user account
enables an ^^increased user participation^^ in the web

Features

Folksonomy: users can categorize and classify or arrange information using freely chosen words. An example is using the pound symbol referred to as the hashtag.
Rich-User Experience: content is dynamic and is responsive to the user’s input.
User Participation: the owner or creator of the website is not the only one who can post content. Others can place a content of their own in the form of comments, reviews, and evaluation.
Software as a Service: users will subscribe to a software only when need rather than purchasing them. It is a cheaper option than always using a software. Software as a service allows the user to “rent” a software for a minimal fee.
Mass Participation: a diverse information sharing through universal web access. Since most users use the Internet, Web 2.0 content is based on people from various cultures.

also called ^^Semantic Web^^
Semantics: ability of web technologies to understand and interpret human-generated content
the aim is to ^^have machines understand the user’s preferences^^ to be able to deliver web content specifically targeting the user.
The Internet can predict the best possible answers to questions by ^^learning from previous choices.^^
an example is Apple’s SIRI

Convergence

Technological Convergence is the combination of two or more different entities of technologies to create a new single device.

Social Media

It is a website, application, or online channel that enables web users to create, co-create, modify, and exchange user-generated content.

Types:

==Social Network== sites connect people with the same interests or background like Facebook and Google.
==Bookmarking Sites== allow users to store and manage links to users and resources and to tag like Pinterest and StumbleUpon.
==Social News== sites allows users to post their own news items, links to other news sources like Reddit and DIG.
==Media Sharing== sites allow uploading and sharing media content (images, music, video) like Flickr, YouTube, and Instagram.
==Microblogging Sites== focus on short updates from the user. The subscribers will receive updates like the Twitter app.
==Blogs and Forums== allow users to post their content like Blogger, Word press, and Tumblr

Assistive Media

It is a nonprofit service designed to help people who have visual and reading impairments.

Mobile Technologies

Types