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September 14, 2009 – 12:42 pm

After a brief hiatus to implement (successfully) the Elluminate Live course platform for LEEP, the blog is back and ready to go! This week’s Word of the Week comes to you courtesy of a ticket that we received here in the ITD office a couple of weeks ago concerning a bad cron job. Cron job, read more »

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August 10, 2009 – 4:24 pm

blogroll: a list of links to other blogs and websites found on a blog (generally found on the sidebar) that the blog author references, recommends, or is affiliated with The “Our Favorite Links” on the right-hand side of this blog would be our blogroll. Go check ’em out!

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July 27, 2009 – 5:52 pm

Chrome (or browser chrome – not to be confused with Google’s browser, Chrome) refers to the screen real-estate consumed by a computer’s operating system and browser components (menu bars, scroll bars, add-ons, etc.). When combined with the canvas, or the amount of space that is actually available to display a web-page, the full screen is read more »

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May 26, 2009 – 10:31 am

Denial-of-service attack (DoS attack): an attack on a network that floods it with useless traffic thus blocking legitimate traffic from accessing resources. This can lead to slow response time from the target of the attack or can make it so the Internet site or service does not function at all. Denial-of-service attacks are violations of read more »

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May 18, 2009 – 2:52 pm

This week’s word(s) of the week are related to Twitter. Twitter- Twitter in Plain English from Common Craft explains what Twitter is all about with helpful paper cutouts. cnet’s Newbie’s Guide to Twitter may also be useful for those who want more detail or prefer a printed explanation. Tweets- posts to Twitter. You only have read more »

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May 11, 2009 – 11:42 am

semantic web: an extension of the World Wide Web in which the semantics of information and services on the web is defined making it easier to find, share, reuse and combine information. related terms: XML, Resource Description Framework (RDF), Web Ontology Language (OWL), ontologies more information: W3C Semantic Web Activity semanticweb.org What is the Semantic read more »

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May 7, 2009 – 12:55 pm

tagging: the act of attaching keyword descriptions, or tags, to identify images, text, bookmarks (and more) within a web site as categories or topics This blog uses tags, which you can see by looking below each entry. some related terms: cooperative cataloging, folksonomy, metadata, social bookmarking, social cataloging, social tagging, tag clouds examples of websites read more »

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April 27, 2009 – 11:53 am

WYSIWYG (What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get): used to refer to a user interface that looks very much like the end result of what you are creating The SeaMonkey Composer in normal view is an example of a WYSIWYG application. Webopedia entry Wikipedia entry

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April 20, 2009 – 1:12 pm

Facebook official: A phrase used facetiously by members of the social networking site facebook to mean a relationship or other “status change” becomes official only after being changed or announced on facebook.

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April 13, 2009 – 1:16 pm

Fail Whale: On the Twitter site, the Fail Whale is an image of a whale held up by birds and nets. This image shows that Twitter has been overloaded or failed. Definition from webopedia.

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