Mon Feb 27, 2012

Today's Agenda -
Web Design

  • Continue: Collage Project
    - when complete:     write an essay (TNR regular 12 font, double spaced) with clear introductory and concluding paragraphs. Just email it to me when done. Think about the project and using Photoshop - difficult? easy? do the lessons help? good project? get rid of it? Also, let me know what special effects you used and any other technical things about the collage you would like me to know. Include a description of why some of the images are there - I don't need a list of every single one, but things that clearly mean something to you may not be so obvious to the casual observer. This should be at least one full page but you will most likely need more.

Web Design Vocabulary

Hyperlink - when clicked on the user will be taken to a website, or another place within the current page. Usually these are underlined and have a different color than the rest of the page. When coding a hyperlink you will use the anchor tags: <a> </a>

target="_blank" attribute - used when creating a hyperlink - it allows you to open the linked page in a new window

<br> tag - this forces a single line break. It does not require an ending tag.

Today's Agenda - Technology Tools Class

Tech Vocabulary

Input Device - any machine that feeds data into a computer

Output Device - any machine capable of representing data from a computer

Storage - in computer terms this is holding digital data in an elctromagnetic form - on hard drives, discs and in RAM - we measure this in bytes

Processing - the manipulation of data according to instructions the computer receives - this is one of the four basic functions of a computer (input, output, processing & storage)

Adware - advertising software downloaded onto your computer - it creates annoying advertising banners and pop-ups

Botnet - a computer "robot" that is serving a master - usually it has been installed a home computer with a trojan and often the owner doesn't realize it is there. Computers that are being used like this are called "zombies" - they often forward tranmissions to other computers on the internet

Linkbait - any link that is so compelling ("Click here to win a free iPhone") that you just have to click on it. In some cases, a linkbait is nefarious, taking you to Web site that infects your computer with a virus or displays inappropriate images.

Malware - malicious software - designed specifically to disrupt or damage your system - a virus or trojan falls into this category and so does spyware ( in Latin: Mal means bad or evil)

Spyware - software downloaded onto your computer without your permission - it collects information about you which might be sent back to a website or generate specific advertising

Trojan Horse - a destructive program that pretends to be something friendly to get you to download it. The antivirus 2009 is a good example of a trojan.

Virus - a program loaded onto your computer without your permission - intends to damage your system in some way

Worm - it is a malicious program that can travel though your computer system and make copies of itself. This is different than a typical virus which needs a human clicking on something to allow the program to run.


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