Vocabulary We Need

Meme: a humorous image, video, piece of text, etc., that is copied (often with slight variations) and spread rapidly by Internet users.

• Not one minute goes by without a new meme popping up on my explore page on Instagram.

Virus: a piece of code which is capable of copying itself and typically has a detrimental effect, such as corrupting the system or destroying data.

• I hear that many people get viruses on their computers, gladly I'm not one of them.

Viral: an image, video, advertisement, etc., that is circulated rapidly on the Internet.

• Almost all the posts I see on social media instantly becomes viral after a few reposts.

Blog: a regularly updated website or web page, typically one run by an individual or small group, that is written in an informal or conversational style.

• All the students in my AP English class, including myself, have their own blogs.

Wiki: a website that allows collaborative editing of its content and structure by its users.

• There are many websites that include Wiki, for example Wiki-how.

URL: the address of a World Wide Web page.

• All our blogs have a designated URL.

Website: a location connected to the Internet that maintains one or more pages on the World Wide Web.

• I'm typing these sentences, on my blog that can be accessed through a website.

www: acronym for the World Wide Web.

• Almost all URL's have www in the beginning of them.

Internet: a global computer network providing a variety of information and communication facilities, consisting of interconnected networks using standardized communication protocols.

• Almost everyone I know or know of has heard of the famous brainwashing internet.

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

• I tend to joke around and say that I'm the 2.0 version of my older sister, obviously a better version.

Open source: denoting software for which the original source code is made freely available and may be redistributed and modified.

• The way our English class is advancing is through open source learning.

Technology: machinery and equipment developed from the application of scientific knowledge.

• Our world is so submersed in technology that physical connection is becoming extinct.