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TE year1handbook/Year1 Unit1 Brief Explanation of Key Terms (view source)
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In contrast, 'Free and open” software (FOSS) applications or services allow users to have four significant freedoms – freedom to use, study, modify and share. Such freedoms are very critical to education, since sharing, studying and modifying/ adapting are all key educational processes. It is important to understand if any software or service being offered 'free' is free of cost alone, or the product/ service is also free to use/study/share/modify.
In contrast, 'Free and open” software (FOSS) applications or services allow users to have four significant freedoms – freedom to use, study, modify and share. Such freedoms are very critical to education, since sharing, studying and modifying/ adapting are all key educational processes. It is important to understand if any software or service being offered 'free' is free of cost alone, or the product/ service is also free to use/study/share/modify.
==== Files and Folders ====
Every programme, image, video, text document, song and document is stored on the computer as a file. You can 'store' files in a 'folder'. Folders can also store other folders called sub-folders (you can imagine them as binders within a hard bound folder). Folders are also called 'directories'. The files and folders are stored on the hard disk of the computer. To manage all the files and folders on the computer, we need a '''file manager''' (also called as file browser). A file manager is a computer programme that provides a user interface to work with files. Ubuntu uses a file manager/browser called Nautilus and you can create folders and documents, display your files and folders and search and manage your files using Nautilus.
'''Global digital library''' - The internet is a repository of vast amounts of information, on virtually any topic. Using a search engine (a digital tool) , one can search for (digital) information that one wants, at any time, any place, with internet connectivity. Hence the internet can be seen as a 'global digital library'.
'''Global digital library''' - The internet is a repository of vast amounts of information, on virtually any topic. Using a search engine (a digital tool) , one can search for (digital) information that one wants, at any time, any place, with internet connectivity. Hence the internet can be seen as a 'global digital library'.
'''[[wikipedia:Open_format|Open document formats]]''' Open document formats are those which are not privately owned /proprietary, and are under a public ownership. Eg .odt for text, .ods for spreadsheet, .odp for presentations, .ogg and ogv for audio and video files. Government of India has issued a policy supporting the use of documents that conform to open standards.
'''[[wikipedia:Open_format|Open document formats]]''' Open document formats are those which are not privately owned /proprietary, and are under a public ownership. Eg .odt for text, .ods for spreadsheet, .odp for presentations, .ogg and ogv for audio and video files. Government of India has issued a policy supporting the use of documents that conform to open standards.
'''[[wikipedia:Social_networking_service|Social-Networking Service]]''': On-line platforms or web sites that facilitates the building of social relationships (virtual), among people who share common personal, professional interests or are known to each other in real-life, are known as social networking services. Orkut, Facebook, Twitter , LinkedIn, MySpace are some of the common online social networking providers. Social networking sites allow users to share ideas, activities, events, and interests within their individual networks.
[[wikipedia:Web_search_engine|Search engine]]: A web software that collects and stores information about web sites and web pages and provides list of web pages to users based on the search phrases they provide. It can retrieve large amount of relevant information in a short time.
'''[[wikipedia:Social_networking_service|Social-Networking Service]]''': On-line platforms or web sites that facilitates the building of social relationships (virtual), among people who share common personal, professional interests or are known to each other in real-life, are known as social networking services. Orkut, Facebook, Twitter , LinkedIn, MySpace are some of the common online social networking providers. Social networking sites allow users to share ideas, activities, events, and interests within their individual networks.
'''Personal digital library (PDL)''': A folder containing a set of sub-folders and files on your computer, which contain information on a particular topic. The files and folders are organised and named meaningfully to enable easy access to the information in the library.
'''Personal digital library (PDL)''': A folder containing a set of sub-folders and files on your computer, which contain information on a particular topic. The files and folders are organised and named meaningfully to enable easy access to the information in the library.
'''[[wikipedia:Wiki|Wiki]]:''' Wiki is a free software used to enable collaborative writing on the web. Wikipedia is one of the well known on-line encyclopedias that includes not any single expert voice, but the collective voices of many on any particular topic. English Wikipedia has the largest number of articles – more than 5 million as of April 2017. The [http://kn.wikipedia.org Kannada Wikipedia] has around 20,000 articles, and can grow only from contributions made by Kannada scholars and enthusiasts. The Karnataka Open Educational Resources (KOER) which is a OER portal of, for and by Karnataka school teachers, uses Wiki software.
'''[[wikipedia:Wiki|Wiki]]:''' Wiki is a free software used to enable collaborative writing on the web. Wikipedia is one of the well known on-line encyclopedias that includes not any single expert voice, but the collective voices of many on any particular topic. English Wikipedia has the largest number of articles – more than 5 million as of April 2017. The [http://kn.wikipedia.org Kannada Wikipedia] has around 20,000 articles, and can grow only from contributions made by Kannada scholars and enthusiasts. The Karnataka Open Educational Resources (KOER) which is a OER portal of, for and by Karnataka school teachers, uses Wiki software.
Web site: A website is nothing but a 'folder' on a computer connected to the Internet, which has a 'address '. You will have to enter the address of a website in the address bar of your browser. This address is also called [[wikipedia:Uniform_Resource_Locator|Uniform Resource Locator]] (URL)
[[wikipedia:Web_site|'''Web site''']]: A website is nothing but a 'folder' on a computer connected to the Internet, which has a 'address '. You will have to enter the address of a website in the address bar of your browser. This address is also called [[wikipedia:Uniform_Resource_Locator|Uniform Resource Locator]] (URL)
'''[[wikipedia:World_Wide_Web|World wide web]] (www)''' – this is one of the services (though among the most popular) that runs on the Internet, consisting of inter-linked web pages, which is accessible using a software called a [[wikipedia:Web_browser|web browser]] (eg. Firefox) and a protocol (technical method) called the hyper text transfer protocol (http). The world wide web allows information to be stored and shared in the form of 'web pages', which are themselves 'hyper-linked' to other web-pages, creating a seamless mode of navigating the Internet.
'''[[wikipedia:World_Wide_Web|World wide web]] (www)''' – this is one of the services (though among the most popular) that runs on the Internet, consisting of inter-linked web pages, which is accessible using a software called a [[wikipedia:Web_browser|web browser]] (eg. Firefox) and a protocol (technical method) called the hyper text transfer protocol (http). The world wide web allows information to be stored and shared in the form of 'web pages', which are themselves 'hyper-linked' to other web-pages, creating a seamless mode of navigating the Internet.