FALL VOCABULARY #6

1. Meme: an element of a culture or system of behavior that may be considered to be passed from one individual to another by nongenetic means, especially imitation.

Sentence: Teenagers always come up with dumb and funny memes every once in a while that make me laugh. 

2. Virus: a piece of code that is capable of copying itself and typically has a detrimental effect, such as corrupting the system or destroying data

Sentence: My brothers computer had a virus and now every time he tries to charge his computer it won't charge.

3. Viral: relating to or involving an image, video, piece of information, etc., that is circulated rapidly and widely from one Internet user to another

Sentence: A dance that has recently gone viral is the juju on that beat dance and song.

4. Blog: Web log 

Sentence: I post on my Ap English Blog daily to post assignments. 

5. Wiki:  a website that allows collaborative editing of its content and structure by its users

Sentence: Wikipedia is an example of a Wiki where anyone is able to edit the page. 

6. URL: Uniform Resource Locator: a protocol for specifying addresses on the Internet

Sentence: I sent my fiend the URL to the video that I wanted her to see.

Website: a location connected to the Internet that maintains one or more pages on the World Wide Web

Sentence: I use the ApushReview website to go over the main history concepts for each chapter.

8. WWW: The World Wide Web (WWW) is a network of online content that is formatted in HTML and accessed via HTTP.

Sentence: Everyone uses the World Wide Web to do their homework or for entertainment. 

9. Internet: The global communication network that allows almost all computers worldwide to connect and exchange information.

Sentence: Millions of people around the world use the internet on a daily basis.

10. 2.0: used to denote a superior or more advanced version of an original concept, product, service, etc.

Sentence: We use 2.0 when we go on big websites like Facebook or Twitter. 

11. Open source: denoting software for which the original source code is made freely available and may be redistributed and modified

Sentence: Open source learning can sometime be more effective when wanting to learn.