Vocabulary list #6

meme- an element of a culture or system of behavior that may be considered to be past by one individual to another by nongenetic means, especially imitation

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

viral- circualated rapidly and widely from internet user to another

blog- a regularly update website or web page, typically run by an individual or small group

wiki- a website that allows collaborative editing of its content and structure by its user

URL- an address to a resource on the Internet

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

www- an information space wher documents and other web sources are identified

Internet- the global system of interconnected computer networks that use the Internet protocol suite

2.0- used to denote a superior or more advanced version of an original concept, product, service

open source- denoting softy for which the original source code is made freely available and may be redistributed and modified