Chapter 10

2. vast collection of computer networks that connects millions of computers and tens of millions of people around the world.
4. various Internet applications that allow individuals to share information and interests in an online community.
8. second-generation Web technologies that allow for communication and collaboration of people in Web-based communities.
10. a digital media file, most often audio,distributed via the Internet for playback on a portable media player, such as Apple’s iPod, or a computer.
11. occurring at the same time
12. a unique Internet address

1. an activity structured around a series of questions or searching tasks.
2. allows two users on the Internet to synchronously communicate by typing messages back and forth to one another in real time.
3. software that allows users to create and edit Web pages using a Web browser.
5. not occurring at the same time
6. inquiry-oriented activities in which some or all of the information used by learners is drawn from resources on the Web
7. the computer that controls, sorts, and distributes incoming information on a particular topic)
9. a form of synchronous communication in which users communicate mainly by typing messages to one person or many people at the same time