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  • Website stuff
 - Define the following terms:
www, blog, internet, website, URL, modem, image, GIF, PDF, embed, applications, gadget, cybersafety, HTML, bitmap image, vector image, flash.

www: a thing u use to search
blog:a journal written on-line and accessible to users of the internet
internet: a vast computer network linking smaller computer networks worldwide (usually prec. by the ). The Internet includes commercial, educational, governmental, and other networks, all of which use the same set of communications protocols.
website: Computers . a connected group of pages on the World Wide Web regarded as a single entity, usually maintained by one person or organization and devoted to a single topic or several closely related topics.
url: Uniform Resource Locator: a protocol for specifying addresses on the Internet.
modem:  is a device or program that enables a computer to transmit data over, for example, telephone or cable lines. ...
gif: a standard compressed file format used for pictures
pdf: portable document format: a format in which documents may be viewed
embed: to fix into a surrounding mass: to embed stones in cement.
applications:the act of putting to a special use or purpose: the application of common sense to a problem
gadget: a mechanical contrivance or device; any ingenious article
cybersafety: The condition of being safe; freedom from danger, risk, or injury.
html: hypertext markup language
vector image:  is one of the two major graphic types (the other being bitmap). Vector graphics are made up of many individual objects.
flash:a brief, sudden burst of bright light: a flash of lightning.

-Who Inveted The Internet

Leonard Kleinrock was the first to publish a paper about the idea of packet switching, which is essential to the Internet. He did so in 1961. Packet switching is the idea that packets of data can be "routed" from one place to another based on address information carried in the data, much like the address on a letter. Packet switching replaces the older concept of "circuit switching," in which an actual electrical circuit is established all the way from the source to the destination. Circuit switching was the idea behind traditional telephone exchanges.

a quantity possessing both magnitude and direction, represented by an arrow the direction of which indicates the direction of the quantity and the length of which is proportional to the magnitude. Compare scalar ( def

HyperText Markup Language: a set of standards, a variety of SGML, used to tag the elements of a hypertext document. It is the standard protocol for formatting and displaying documents on the World Wide Web. Compare http.
Bitmap: a picture created on a visual display unit where each pixel corresponds to one or more bits in memory, the number of bits per pixel determining the number of available colours

an electronic device that makes possible the transmission of data to or from a computer via telephone or other communication lines
Image: a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible.
  • Website Design Principles
Answer the following questions:
- What different types of websites are there e.g. informative.....
- What are the benefits of having a website?
- What are 'documents' online?
- What purpose does a 'web map' serve?
- What are 'links'?
- Discuss why it is important to identify the potential users of a website.
- What are the 8 golden rules of good web design?
- What are the principles of good web design?
- Discuss why it is important to test, evaluate and update your website?

1. http://www.bebo.com/
 http://www.facebook.com/

2. that your helping out people with information
you can chat the local gossip with freinds when your at home

3. documents online are files you can find on the internet

4.a webmap serves an easier way to find your destination

5. links are easier ways to get onto websites6.potential user of a

6.website is when u think about other people
when your making the site

8 golden rules are :
1. Planning,..
2... Content.
3. Design...
4. Involvement..
5. Production...
 6. Follow up..
7. Promotion...
8. Maintenance

8. the principles of a good web design is descriptive information
and right to the point to the topic

9. The reason why it is good to test your website is because you get a good grasp of what people think about it