Vocab+-+Geek+Speak


 * Here are all of our Geek Speak definitions, don't forget to leave a comment if I have missed any which you would like me to add.**
 * **Bandwidth** **-** //This is the amount/ speed of data transfer through the internet.//
 * **Black Lists and White Lists** **-** //In reference to Internet Filtering - administrators are able to decide what websites will be allowed (white) and which websites are blocked (black) using a filter, thus controlling what can be accessed.//
 * **Cult of Mac** //- People like myself who are devoted fans of all things Apple .//
 * **Geek-Speak** - //Any jargon or slang referring to computers and technology, i.e. "lol U should tweet that gif " ... means ... " The mini-animation which you showed me was most amusing. I believe that you should share it with the public and your online friends through the instant messaging service, Twitter".//
 * **ISP -** //Internet Service Provider, i.e. the company which provides your internet to your school. This is the company that you deal with to decided how much data you get to access the internet and how fast it will go.//
 * **Data -** //Everything you see on your screen when you are on the internet is a form of data which is measured in// //kilobytes (little), megabytes, gigabytes and terabytes (really big). While a screen full of text may be a very small amount of data say, kilobytes, a Youtube Video will be megabytes, while a whole movie will be gigabytes (you would need to download almost a thousand movies to use one terabyte).//
 * //**Desktop Compter** **-** A computer which must stay in one place due to its size, generally on a desktop.//
 * //**Digital Footprint** - **The record that everyone creates on digital files including, yet not exclusive to, the internet. Some aspects of your digital footprint may be publicly** accessible, **like blogs and wikis, while other aspects like online banking is private.**//
 * //**Domain Name** **-**// A domain name is your website name, for example my school's domain name is www.pukeokahu.school.nz In order to get a domain name you must register it with a provider and pay an annual lease fee. [|For more information click here.]
 * **Download** **-** //**This basically refers to anything you see on your screen when you are on the internet. Think of your TV, in order to watch your TV the signal must be brought down from the studio to your screen by an arial or** satellite dish. Well when you are on the internet the data is brought down to your computer through either your phone line or a satellite dish, i.e. download.//
 * //**Facebook -** A social networking site which allows you to communicate with friends and family similtanously through updating your personal page with photos and comments. It is best to keep the privacy setting set to their highest level on Facebook.//
 * //**Friend Request** **-** When someone asks to see your details and communicate with you on a social networking site.//
 * //**Internet Filtering** **-** The process of filtering unwanted content from your internet connection.//
 * //Mac - A computer made by Apple. iMac = Desktop Computer; MacBook = Laptop Computer.//
 * //**mLearning** **-** Short for mobile learning. The use of mobile phones, iPads, iPods and other mobile devices to allow ubiquitous learning.//
 * //**Offsite** **-** Off your school property.//
 * //Onsite - On your school property.//
 * //**Open Source** **-** General means free and openly shared software. Code and programming is shared and collaborated on to benefit the consumer. Google is an example of an open source developer.//
 * **Operating System** //- The software that makes your computer work - usually either Apple (OSX Lion), Microsoft (Windows ) or Linux.//
 * //PC - Short for Personal Computer. Generally all computers not of the Apple Mac brand are referred to as PCs. These brands include Sony, HP and Toshiba. PCs usually run with either Microsoft or Linux operating systems.//
 * //Self-Host - This generally means that you store your website in a large compter or server at your school (onsite).//
 * //**Social Networking** **-** Socialising with different groups of people online. The two most common websites used for social networking are Facebook and Twitter . Though sites like, YouTube, Reddit , Tumblr , and Google+ have huge followings.//
 * **The Cloud** **-** According to Derek Wenmouth of CORE Education //- "A simple way of thinking about cloud computing is to consider the idea of moving all the physical servers and applications that are located inside a school into a hosted environment outside the organisation (in the 'cloud'). The 'cloud' is not an actual physical «thing», but may be loosely thought of as a collection of networked servers."// For more information you can click here and here.
 * **Upload** **- //This is the opposite of Download. This is when you send information up your phone line or satellite dish to other computers around the world. For example, when you send an email you are uploading the information to another destination.//**
 * //**Web Applications or Apps -** Programmes that are based on the internet, that you do not have to download onto your computer.//
 * **Web Hosting** **-** //In order to have a website on the internet you must have it saved on a big powerful computer (a server) somewhere, when you choose a web hosting (offsite), you are getting your website hosted on someone else's big powerful computer (or server). NOTE: you do not have to be worried about safety, these servers are so very secure and often have multiple backups - just think of internet banking, or even banking in general. Our money has been virtual and hosted on big foreign computers for years).//
 * **WiFi** **-** //A wireless internet connection, usually available to the public in public places. (The Elm Cafe has WiFi and really good coffee for their customers :-)//