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GENERIC TOOLS

Common Vocabulary

  • my website/server/telephone/etc. (my $TOOL)
  • my (website's) domain name/phone number/etc (my $TOOL's $IDENTIFIER)
  • announce/advertise/host/serve/send/offer content
  • system/tool/device/instrument/network/protocol
  • get online/connected (through an ISP)

Examples

  • telegraph
    • dictionary
      • A communications system that transmits and receives simple unmodulated electric impulses, especially one in which the transmission and reception stations are directly connected by wires.
      • A message transmitted by telegraph; a telegram.
      • To transmit (a message) by telegraph.
  • telephone
    • dictionary
      • An instrument that converts voice and other sound signals into a form that can be transmitted to remote locations and that receives and reconverts waves into sound signals.
      • To make or try to make a telephone connection with; place a call to.
      • To dial (a telephone number).
  • fax
    • dictionary
      • A fax machine.
      • A document transmitted or received by a fax machine.
  • mail
    • dictionary
      • Materials, such as letters and packages, handled in a postal system.
      • Postal material for a specific person or organization.
      • Material processed for distribution from a post office at a specified time.
      • A postal system. Used with the, sometimes in the plural.
      • To send via a postal system.
  • parcel post
    • dictionary
      • A postal service or department that handles and delivers packages.
      • A postal service involving the shipping of parcels.
  • internet
    • dictionary
      • A large network of numerous computers connected through a number of major nodes of high-speed computers having high-speed communications channels between the major nodes, and numerous minor nodes allowing electronic communication among millions of computers around the world; -- usually referred to as the internet. It is the basis for the World-Wide Web.
      • Any set of computer networks that communicate using the Internet Protocol. (An intranet.).
      • The Internet, the largest global internet.
    • wikipedia
      • the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP)[b] to communicate between networks and devices
    • The Kids Guide to the Internet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfMrVKnGzwg
      • [a means to access] different services
    • Various News Clips from the 90s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95-yZ-31j9A
      • the primary way people will look up information [in 2000] - eric schmidt
    • CNN News Report https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aIkMwUeL_Q
      • a whole group of networks - some dude
      • some 12,000 individual computer networks - voice over
  • email
    • dictionary
      • A system for sending and receiving messages electronically over a computer network.
      • A message or messages sent or received by such a system.
  • gopher
    • wikipedia
      • a communication protocol designed for distributing, searching, and retrieving documents in Internet Protocol networks
  • generic web
    • dictionary
      • a part of the Internet designed to allow easier navigation of the network through the use of text and graphics that link to other documents
    • The Kids Guide to the Internet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfMrVKnGzwg
      • the different sites you can look up on the Internet
  • generic websites
    • dictionary
      • A set of interconnected webpages, usually including a homepage, generally located on the same server, and prepared and maintained as a collection of information by a person, group, or organization.
  • ftp
    • dictionary
      • To send from one computer to another by means of the standard file transfer protocol (ftp).
      • An acronym for file transfer protocol, a standardized protocol used to allow transmission of files between computers. It consists of a set of coded signals which are transmitted between computers, and which inform the receiving computer of the nature of a packet of information to be transmitted, and inform the transmitting computer when a packet has been successfully received.
      • Protocol that allows users to copy files between their local system and any system they can reach on the network.

SPECIFIC SERVICES

Common Vocabulary

  • my account/page/profile (on $SERVICE)
  • a community/service
  • X is a website/server/etc. ($SPECIFIC_NAME is a $GENERIC_TERM)
  • subscribers/users
  • get an account, sign up (for an account), register (an account)
  • get $SERVICE

examples

  • any particular BBS
    • wikipedia
      • a computer server running software that allows users to connect to the system using a terminal program
  • USENET
    • dictionary
      • the aggregate of all newsgroups on the Internet (slightly erroneous)
    • wikipedia
      • a worldwide distributed discussion system available on computers
  • WELL
    • wikipedia
      • virtual community
      • online community
  • AOL
    • wikipedia
      • a web portal and online service provider
  • Prodigy
    • wikipedia
      • an online service
  • CompuServe
    • wikipedia
      • an online service
  • GEnie
    • wikipedia
      • an online service
  • geocities
    • wikipedia
      • a Web hosting service that allowed users to create and publish websites for free and to browse user-created websites by their theme or interest
  • reddit
    • wikipedia
      • a social news aggregation, content rating, and discussion website
  • twitter
    • wikipedia
      • an online social media and social networking service
  • facebook
    • wikipedia
      • an online social media and social networking service
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