WORLD WIDE WEB
Web address = URL
www.[websitename].[organisation].[location]
Types
Portal – access point to many www
Services e.g. e-banking, e-commerce
Encrypted connection is indicated with https – don’t do transactions on public
computers
Research seller’s reputation looking at gradings and reviews before first
purchase
Advantages: available any time of the day from the comfort of your own home,
can do better comparisons (price, variety etc.)
Disadvantages: can fall victim to scams if user doesn’t do sufficient research
Online transactions are verified using an OTP (one-time password) on your
cell.
Wiki – website where people work together to create/compile it.
Content aggregator – gather information from websites, like RSS feeds
Crowd funding platform (website) – a process where a single idea or
business practice is funded by multiple small donations from volunteer
contributors, usually before the business venture is started. The
contributors will then receive the product when it is finally put into
production.
Blog (like an online diary, chronological) (Vlog = video blog)
Good blog habits: Updated regularly, use pictures/videos, respond
to reader’s comments. Create using Wordpress, Tumblr etc.
, Program = web browser, e.g. chrome, Firefox
Features
Home button (page on which your browser opens or you can go
back to)
Back/Forward
Favourite/Bookmark – save the link to the website for future use
History – return to chronological history of previously visited
addresses
Address bar – where the URL of the website shows (also search
bar)
Tabbed browsing – so that many web pages can be open at once.
Browser plug ins: To see multimedia e.g. Flash Player, Quick time,
Use Search engine = e.g. Google, Bing, Yahoo! Software that allows a
user to search for information on the www using keywords (like library
assistant)
Web caching – webpages that have previously been visited are stored
on the local pc (faster access in future & saves data)
NEW TRENDS
Big Data
Definition – very large structure (clean data) and unstructured (e.g. free
text tweets/reviews) data sets that are analysed using computers to
reveal trends.
Purpose – reveals patterns and trends relating to human behaviour and
interactions.
Uses – to optimize and improve lives, e.g, shopping habits health risks
and indicators of serious illnesses
Web address = URL
www.[websitename].[organisation].[location]
Types
Portal – access point to many www
Services e.g. e-banking, e-commerce
Encrypted connection is indicated with https – don’t do transactions on public
computers
Research seller’s reputation looking at gradings and reviews before first
purchase
Advantages: available any time of the day from the comfort of your own home,
can do better comparisons (price, variety etc.)
Disadvantages: can fall victim to scams if user doesn’t do sufficient research
Online transactions are verified using an OTP (one-time password) on your
cell.
Wiki – website where people work together to create/compile it.
Content aggregator – gather information from websites, like RSS feeds
Crowd funding platform (website) – a process where a single idea or
business practice is funded by multiple small donations from volunteer
contributors, usually before the business venture is started. The
contributors will then receive the product when it is finally put into
production.
Blog (like an online diary, chronological) (Vlog = video blog)
Good blog habits: Updated regularly, use pictures/videos, respond
to reader’s comments. Create using Wordpress, Tumblr etc.
, Program = web browser, e.g. chrome, Firefox
Features
Home button (page on which your browser opens or you can go
back to)
Back/Forward
Favourite/Bookmark – save the link to the website for future use
History – return to chronological history of previously visited
addresses
Address bar – where the URL of the website shows (also search
bar)
Tabbed browsing – so that many web pages can be open at once.
Browser plug ins: To see multimedia e.g. Flash Player, Quick time,
Use Search engine = e.g. Google, Bing, Yahoo! Software that allows a
user to search for information on the www using keywords (like library
assistant)
Web caching – webpages that have previously been visited are stored
on the local pc (faster access in future & saves data)
NEW TRENDS
Big Data
Definition – very large structure (clean data) and unstructured (e.g. free
text tweets/reviews) data sets that are analysed using computers to
reveal trends.
Purpose – reveals patterns and trends relating to human behaviour and
interactions.
Uses – to optimize and improve lives, e.g, shopping habits health risks
and indicators of serious illnesses
