LESSON 2
ICT OR INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS GOOGLE
TECHNOLOGY
Gary Price reports that “Google” is now
is the technology used for communications like officially a verb in the Oxford English Dictionary.
radio, television, cell phone, computer and Google already is a verb in some other
network hardware and software, satellite dictionaries, but the Oxford English Dictionary
systems and others. (OED) is considered the most authoritative
dictionary of the English language. You can see
This allows users to create, save, and edit the OED’s latest editions for June 2006.
different information. It may be documents,
pictures, videos, audios and presentations. Google as a verb is defined in the dictionary as:
WIKI “search for information about (someone or
something) on the Internet using the search
is a server program of a collaborated online
engine Google”
work of people, putting up information on the
internet. VIDEO CONFERENCE
This term originated from “wikiwiki” which Refers to talking to people through video
means fast. functions by the use of two way video and
audio transmissions.
It is a shortened interface.
It is usually seen on television especially in news
2 KINDS OF WIKI WEBSITES programs.
1. The one is where the contributors can put and
organize information by themselves without
asking any permission from someone. 3 MAIN KINDS OF VIDEO CONFERENCE
2. The other one is where there is an assigned 1. POINT-TO-POINT or SINGLE CALL
person to accept and reject information
submitted from the contributors. Is a direct connection between two locations.
BLOG OR WEBLOG ( log in web) 2. MULTI POINT
A website that seems to be an online diary. Is when 3 or more persons talk in a video
conference
In this kind of site, a blogger writes his or her
opinion, thoughts and events that he or she 3. STREAMING
wants to share through the internet. Is when a lot of people talk through remote
Blogspot, Wordpress, and Tumblr are examples computer or mobile devices which uses a
of blog software or hardware.
VLOG
This term comes from video blog or video log,
and refers to a type of blog where the content is
in video form, or could refer to streamers