Wednesday, April 22, 2009

terms and definition - Week 8

Terms selection - 6

Atom
Atom is a type of web feed, written in XML, which allows a user to download any updates made to the website or blog using a feed reader.

Ref: http://www.blogossary.com/define/atom/

Applet
An applet is a small program, usually embedded in a web page, which can perform a number of duties such as playing audio or video clips and querying a database. These programs are normally written in Java.

Ref: http://browsers.about.com/od/glossarywordsa/g/applet.htm

IDE (Integrated Development Environment)
IDE describes a single application which contains an entire programming environment. This normally includes a compiler, debugger, and a graphical programming interface.

Ref: http://browsers.about.com/od/i/g/IDE.htm

Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)
VoIP is a general term for a family of transmission technologies for delivery of voice communications over IP networks such as the Internet or other packet-switched networks.

Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VOIP

WiFi
The term Wi-Fi often is used by the public as a synonym for wireless Internet (WLAN); but not every wireless Internet product has a Wi-Fi certification, which may be because of certification costs that must be paid for each certified device type.

Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WiFi


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