Computer Vocabulary
Anti-virus software - A program that finds and removes viruses from a computer.
Backup - A copy on floppy disk or tape of files on a PC's hard disk. A backup is used in
case the hard disk file(s) are erased or damaged.
Bit, bytes - A bit is the smallest piece of information that computers use. For simplicity, a
PC uses bits in groups of 8 called bytes (8 bits = 1 byte).
Boot, boot up, boot disk - You boot (or boot up) your computer when you switch it on and
wait while it prepares itself. Instructions for startup are given to the computer from the boot
disk, which is usually the hard disk.
Browser, to browse - A browser is a program like Netscape or Internet Explorer. You use
it to view or browse the Internet.
Bug - A (small) defect or fault in a program.
Cache - A kind of memory used to make a computer work faster.
CD-ROM - A disk for storing computer information. It looks like an audio CD.
CPU - Central Processing Unit. This is a PC's heart or 'brains'.
DOS - Disk Operating System. The original system used for PCs. You type in commands
instead of pointing and clicking.
Driver - A small program that tells a PC how a peripheral works.
Electronic mail (email, e-mail) - Messages sent from one computer to another. You can
see email on the screen or print it out.
Floppy disk - A cheap, removable disk used for storing or transferring information. It is
floppy (soft) because it is plastic. See hard disk.
Floppy drive - The device used to run a floppy disk (usually drive 'A'.)
Folder (directory) - A sub-division of a computer's hard disk into which you put files.
Font - A particular sort of lettering (on the screen or on paper). Arial is a font. Times New
Roman is another.
Format - All hard disks and floppy disks have to be electronically prepared for use by a
process called formatting. Hard disks are pre-formatted by the computer manufacturer. If
you buy a floppy disk that is not pre-formatted, you format it yourself, using a program that
comes with your PC.
Graphics card - The equipment inside a computer that creates the image on the screen.
Hard disk - The main disk inside a computer used for storing programs and information. It
is hard because it is metal. See floppy disk.
Icon - A small image or picture on a computer screen that is a symbol for folders, disks,
peripherals, programs etc.
Internet - International network of computers that you connect to by telephone line. Two
popular services of the Internet are the World Wide Web and electronic mail.
Kb, Mb, Gb - Kilobytes, megabytes, gigabytes. Used to measure computer memory and
storage.
Memory - Memory is for the temporary storing of information while a computer is being
used. SeeRAM, ROM and Cache.
MHz - Megahertz. This describes the speed of computer equipment. The higher the MHz
the better the performance.
Modem - Equipment connected to a computer for sending/receiving digital information by
telephone line. You need a modem to connect to the Internet, to send electronic mail and to
fax.
Operating System - The basic software that manages a computer.
OCR - Optical Character Recognition. OCR lets a PC read a fax or scanned image and
convert it to actual lettering.
Parallel port - A socket at the back of a computer for connecting external equipment or
peripherals, especially printers.
PC card - A device that is the same size as a thick credit card, for plugging into a slot on
notebook computers. You can buy memory, modems and hard disks as PC cards.
Peripheral - Any equipment that is connected externally to a computer. For example,
printers, scanners and modems are peripherals.
Pixel - The image that you see on the screen is made of thousands of tiny dots, points or
pixels.
Program Software that operates a PC and does various things, such as writing text (wordprocessing program), keeping accounts (accounts program) and drawing pictures (graphics
program).
QWERTY - The first 6 letters on English-language keyboards are Q-W-E-R-T-Y. The first
6 letters on French-language keyboards are A-Z-E-R-T-Y.
RAM, ROM - Two types of memory. RAM (Random Access Memory) is the main
memory used while the PC is working. RAM is temporary. ROM (Read Only Memory) is
for information needed by the PC and cannot be changed.
Resolution - The number of dots or pixels per inch (sometimes per centimetre) used to
create the screen image.
Scanner - Equipment for converting paper documents to electronic documents that can be
used by a computer.
Serial port - Socket at the back of a PC for connecting peripherals.
Taskbar, Start button - Two areas of the screen in Windows 95. The taskbar, at the
bottom of the screen, shows the programs in use. The start button, in the bottom left corner,
is for opening new programs.
TFT - Thin Film Transistor, a type of high quality screen for notebook computers.
Virus - A small, unauthorized program that can damage a PC.
Windows - An operating system used by the majority of PCs.
World Wide Web, WWW, the Web - WWW are initials that stand for World Wide Web.
The Web is one of the services available on the Internet. It lets you access millions of pages
through a system of links. Because it is 'world-wide', it was originally called the World
Wide Web or WWW.
WYSIWIG - 'What You See Is What You Get.' With a WYSIWIG program, if you print a
document it looks the same on paper as it looks on the screen.
Taken from: http://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/computing.htm
World Wide Web Vocabulary
Compiled by Deborah Healey
Here's a handy list of useful vocabulary for the World Wide Web.
Bookmarks/Favorites: These are links to websites that you want to find more easily.
When you find a website you like that you want to keep, in Netscape, you choose Add
Bookmarks from the Bookmarks menu; in Internet Explorer, you'll Add a Favorite.
Browser: A program that you use to look at information on the World Wide Web. Because
the information is in a special format, you need a special program -- a 'web browser' -- to
see the information.
Download: To move files from a location on another server (somewhere on a local network
or the Internet) to your own computer. You can only download files from a computer that
has been set up to let you do so.
Editor: Sometimes called an HTML editor or a Web editor, this is a program that makes
writing web pages almost as simple as using a word-processor. Netscape Composer (part of
Netscape Navigator 4) and Internet Assistant (part of Internet Explorer) are free editors.
Claris Home Page and Adobe PageMill are commercial versions.
FTP: File Transfer Protocol - this is a way to send programs, not just text, between
computers. There are many computers around the world that are set up as "anonymous FTP
servers," which means that they make the files they have available to anyone who wants
them. They're called 'anonymous' because you type "Anonymous" as your login name, with
your regular email name as your password. You can use an ftp server over the web, which
can make getting files pretty easy. FTP server URLs start with ftp:// rather than http://
Gopher: This is an earlier version of the web, and it has only text files. There is a network
of gopher servers around the world, still, with lots of files. You can get to gopher through
the web, too. A gopher URL starts with gopher://
HTML: HyperText Markup Language - the way text files are coded on the web so that
they aren't completely ugly. All text on the web starts out as very plain text, then has
HTML codes like <B> for boldface, <I> for italics, <P> for new paragraph, etc. added to
make it look nicer.
HTTP: HyperText Transport Protocol - the underlying instructions used by the web
browser to send and receive information. HTTP is like the rules rather than the content.
Internet Explorer: This is the Microsoft web browser. It works a lot like Netscape
Navigator, but there are some small differences between the two programs.
Netscape: A company that makes one of the most popular web browsers, Netscape
Navigator. Navigator is free to people in education (teachers, students, administrators, etc.).
Many people refer to the browser simply as "Netscape."
Open File: You don't need to be on the web to look at web pages. You can choose Save
As... from the File menu when you're in Netscape and save a page to your disk in "Source"
format. Once it's on your disk, you can choose Open File from the File menu in Netscape to
see the web page without being connected to the Internet. See my tech tip about this at
http://osu.orst.edu/Dept/eli/may.htm
Open Location: This lets you type a URL to go to a web page.
Proxy Server: This computer serves as a gateway between a school and the Web. It stores
previously-viewed sites so that subsequent access is far faster -- they load off the proxy
server, not off the Internet. The proxy server can be set to allow various levels of access to
the Internet. At its most liberal setting, the proxy server will not screen the sites at all. An
intermediate level of access will prohibit specified sites but allow all others. At its most
conservative setting, the proxy server will allow access only to sites specified in advance,
often storing the sites ahead of time so that students don't need direct contact with the
Internet. K-12 schools often use proxy servers at intermediate or conservative settings.
Search Tools: The power of the web is in its information, but there's too much there for
anyone to read through it all. You need to use a "search engine" to find what you're looking
for. There are many search engines, but among the most popular ones are Alta Vista
(http://www.altavista.com), Infoseek (http://www.infoseek.com), and Yahoo
(http://www.yahoo.com). They all index a lot of the same places, but they also each have
sites that the others don't. You'll need to try several to see which is best for you.
One way to get a good comparison of the search engines is with a "meta-search engine."
This is one like Metacrawler (http://www.metacrawler.com) and Dogpile
(http://www.dogpile.com) that searches a whole series of search engines for you and
presents the results. It's an easy way to see if one of the search engines works better for
what you need than others.
A special note is needed for http://www.shareware.com &emdash; this is a search engine
that looks for programs that you can download from the Internet. These programs are not
commercial ones like Microsoft Word, but rather smaller programs that often do useful and
interesting things. You can find and download MOO and Chat clients by using
www.shareware.com and searching for "MOO" or "Chat."
Telnet: Telnet is a program that lets you log into another computer, perhaps one thousands
of miles away, and run programs there like SchMOOze. Telnet is not easy to use, because
most telnet servers run Unix -- not a very 'friendly' operating system.
URL: Uniform/Universal Resource Locator -- this is the web address that you use, and
looks something like http://ucs.orst.edu/~healeyd or
telnet://schmooze.hunter.cuny.edu:8888
Taken from: http://oregonstate.edu/~healeyd/gtesol/www_vocab.html
Are you puzzled by strange blogging terms and unusual blog abbreviations and blogging
acronyms? Then this post will get the Blargon Demystified. This article attempts to
simplify some common blogging terms organized into a simple blogging glossary. Only
common and popular blog tools and services have been included.
Note : The language used here is mostly non technical to make the newbie blogger
understand the blogging basics. These have not been created by me, but collected over
time. This is NOT a substitute for dictionary meaning or a strict definition of these terms,
but a simple layman approach to understanding what they mean. Please feel free to propose
a better meaning in the comments.
BLOGGING
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Weblog- An online dated diary listing your periodic thoughts on a specific topic, often in
reverse chronological order.
Blog - short form for weblog
Blogging - the act of posting on blogs
Blogger - a person who blogs
Blogosphere - The internet blogging community
BLOGGING FORMS
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Photoblogging - a blog predominantly using and focusing on photographs and images.
Photoblogs are created by photobloggers
Podcasting - a method of distributing multimedia files (audio / videos) online using feeds for
playback on mobile devices and personal computers. Podcasts are created by podcasters.
Autocasting - is an automated form of podcasting
Blogcasting - the blog and the podcast merged into a single website.
Vlogging - Also called video blogging. Shortened to vlog. Posted by vlogger. A variant on
the blogging using video instead of text.
Audioblogging - Also called audioblog, MP3 blog or musicblogs. a variant on the blogging
using audio instead of text. Created by audioblogger.
Moblogging - Also called moblogs. A blog posted and maintained via mobile phone. Moblogs
are created by mobloggers.
BLOG COMPONENTS AND FUNCTIONS
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Index page - the front page fo the blog
Header - the topmost part of the blog usually listing the blog title.
Footer - the most bottom part of the blog usually listing navigation and copyright statements
Sidebar - One or more columns along one or both sides of most blogs main page
Categories - A collection of topic specific posts
Post, Entry- individual articles that make up a blog
Comments - enabling readers to leave their remarks
Captcha - short for “Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans
Apart”. Those word and letter verification images you need to type in to show you are human
and not a bot. Helful to block automated spam comments. more
Ping - Short for Packet Internet Grouper. Blog and ping helps to notify other blog tracking
tools for updates, changes and trackbacks.
Trackback - A system by which a ping is sent to another blog to notify that their article has
been mentioned by you
Pingback - See trackback.
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Permalink - A link to a specific article
Tags - labelling / attaching keywords to collect similar posts
Tag cloud - Displaying tags lists or keywords in a blog.
Blogroll - list of links to other blogs in your sidebar. Also see blogrolling.com
Sideblog - A smaller blog usually placed in the sidebar of a blog.
Template - the blog presentation design
BlogThis - a function allows a blogger to blog the entry they a reading
Plugins - Small files that add improved functionality and new features. Wordpress plugins
can greatly improve your blog usage and interactivity
Dashboard - When you login to your blogging account, it is the first screen with all controls,
tools and functions.
Archives - a collection of all your posts on one page. Can be categorized by month etc.
Expandable post summaries - show a small teaser part of the post on the index page that
link to the full post. more
Jump - the continuation of a the story on another page to preserve space on index page.
FTP - short for file transfer protocol. Transferring file to and fro from your web host using FTP
tools like Filezilla
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Web Feed - allows online users to subscribe to websites that change or add content
regularly.
RSS - a family of web feed formats used for Web syndication. Short form for Really Simple
Syndication (RSS 2.0), Rich Site Summary (RSS 0.91, RSS 1.0), RDF Site Summary (RSS 0.9
and 1.0). Wordpress generates RSS 2.0
XML - short for eXtensible Markup Language. a general-purpose markup language for
syndication formats used on blogs.
RDF - short for Resource Description Framework. A web content syndication format.
Atom - another specific web feed format. Blogger feeds are usually of this type.
OPML - short for Outline Processor Markup Language. It is an XML format for outlines. Easily
import and export multiple blog subscriptions between different rss aggregators.
Photofeed- a web feed with image enclosures.
BLOGGING SOFTWARE / CLIENTS
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Blogger - a free blogging platform by Google.
Blogspot - free Blogger hosting blog at name.blogspot.com
LiveJournal - free blogging tool by SixApart
Movable Type - paid blogging tool by SixApart
Typepad - paid blogging tool by SixApart
Wordpress.org- Free. Easy to Upload, customize and upgrade.
Wordpress.com - A Wordpress blog hosted free for you.
Radio Userland - another blog publishing software package
BLOGGING HABITS
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Metablogging - writing articles about blogging
Blogstipation - writer’s block for bloggers. Cant think of what to blog about?
Blogathy - I do not want to post today and I do not care about it
Blogopotamus - A long long blog post
Blogorrhea - unusually high output of articles
Bleg - To use one’s blog to beg for assistance etc.
Hitnosis - Refreshing your browser repeatedly to see if your hit counter or comments have
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GAD - Google Adsense Disorder. Repeatedly checking your adsense earnings. more
Blego - Blog+Ego. Measuring blogger worth
Blog hopping - jumping from one blog to another
Blogroach - A commenter who rudely disagrees with posted content
Blogoholic - addicted to blogging
Blogorific = blogtastic - something which a blogger says is terrific
Blogsit - maintaining a blog while the primary blogger is on leave
Blogvertising - Also called blogvert. Advertising on a blog.
Blurker - a blog reader not posting comments, just lurking around quietly.
Blogathon - update your website every 30 minutes for 24 hours straight. Maybe collect
sponsorships. more
Blogiversary - your blog birthday
Blog Carnival - Links to other articles covering a specific topic.
Multiblog - running multiple blogs
Blog Tipping - Compliment 3 blogs on day 1 of every month. more
Blogger bash - a blogger party
Commenter - someone who leaves remarks / comments
Reciprocal Links - called link love. You link to my blog, I link to yours. To improve search
engine rankings.
Linkbaiting - a habit of writing good content with the sole purpose of getting it linked from
multiple sites.
Blogstorm - a large amount of blogosphere activity due to particular controversy. Also called
Blog Swarm.
Blogsnob - refusing to respond to blog comments from “not-friends”.
Doppelblogger - plagiarize the content of another blogger. To Doppelblog.
Blogophobia - Fear of blogs and blogging.
Bloggerel - the same opinion posted repeatedly on a blog
BLOGGER TYPES
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Problogger - professional blogger
Blognoscenti - especially knowledgable bloggers
Blogebrity - a famous blogger.
Blogerati - the blogosphere intelligentsia.
Commentariat - The community of those leaving comments.
Dooced - lost a job because of blog entries. To Dooce.
Blogther - a fellow blogger.
A-List- the top bloggers who influence the blogosphere.
Blogstar- blogger running a popular blog
OTHER BLOGGING TERMS
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Bloggies- Annual blogging awards. more
MSM - Mainstream Media, or old media like newspapers etc.
BSM - Blogstream media. from most heavily trafficked blogs.
Blog Day - 31 August. Find 5 new Blogs that you find interesting and tell them. more
Blaudience - your blog audience.
Blargon - Also called Blogssary. Blogging slang and glossary. What I am telling you now.
Blogiversary - your blog birthday
Blogiverse - see blogosphere
XFN - short for XHTML Friends Network. Is a simple way to represent human relationships
using hyperlinks.
Blogonomics - blogging conference on a Blog Cruise in 2006. more
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EFF - short for Electronic Frontier Foundation. A nonprofit group working to protect blogger
rights.
Blog of Note - a recommended blog. more
Navbar - a navigation bar usually seen on top of Blogger blogspot hosted blogs. more
Blook - a book created from a blog. more
Hat Tip- acknowledgement of the source that tipped you the news.
Spomments- Spam comments
Blammer- Blog spammer
SOB- acronym for Successful and Outstanding Blogger. From successful-blog.com
Blogiday- you get fed up and take a holiday from blogging
BLOGGING TOOLS & SERVICES
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Bloglines, Rojo, Newsgator, Kinja, - are News Aggregators that display content from
syndicated Web content from web feed. Can be configured online or downloaded on your
desktop. Like . Also called RSS readers, feed readers, feed aggregators or news readers
Pageflakes, Newsvine - Track multiple feeds on a single page by modules.
Odeo, Podnova - are Podcatchers, a form of aggregator used to automatically download
podcasts and can sometimes transfer a portable media player. Like
Feedburner - a professional feed management system
Pingomatic, Pingoat - ping multiple blog tracking services. More
Feedblitz, Zokooda - Email subscriptions and newletter tools.
Technorati - a real-time search engine that keeps track of what is going on in the
blogosphere
b5media, 9rules - examples of popular blogging networks. Collection of blogs and bloggers
providing great content, with revenue sharing sometimes.
K2, Blix - names of some popular wordpress themes.
Blogexplosion, Blogclicker- popular blog traffic generation / exchange services.
Adsense, Adbrite, CJ, Chitka, Blogads - popular affiliate programs to generate money from
your blogs.
Sphere, Icerocket - blog search engines
Live Bookmarks - a firefox web browser feature. Update themselves automatically with the
latest content from the Web.
Creative Commons - licenses provide a flexible range of protections and freedoms for
authors to offer a voluntary “some rights reserved” approach.
CoComment - Tracks your comments across different platforms and follow conversations
WBloggar, Ecto, Qumanna - desktop blog publishing tools
Mint, Mybloglog, Measuremap, Analytics - site traffic tracking tools.
Haloscan- free trackback service
YouTube, Rapidshare- puts video on your blog
Flickr, Imageshack - photo sharing service. Host images on your blog
Del.icio.us, furl, spurl - share social bookmarks.
Blogburst - Syndicating your feed to top publishers.
Bloggeropoly - professional blogger recruiting agency. more
Blogger code - a way to describe different types of bloggers. more
Bloggoggle - Directory of Blogging Professionals
BlogHer - where the women bloggers are. At Blogher.org
BLOG TRAFFIC SURGES
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Digged - link posted on digg.com driving huge traffic to your blog
Slashdotted - link posted on slashdot.org driving huge traffic to your blog. more
Instalanche - link posted on instapundit.com driving huge traffic to your blog
Farked - link posted on fark.com driving huge traffic to your blog
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MISCELLANEOUS BLOGGING TERMS
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Ajax - acronym for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML. creates interactive web applications.
Greasemonkey - a firefox web browser extension that can alter the functionality of any
website using specific scripts.
Wiki - a collaborative on-line software that allows readers to add and edit content.
SEO - search engine optimization. To improve your search engine rankings.
Page Rank - Google measures of importance of a page which reflects in its rankings.
CMS - short for Content management system. software used to publish and manage
websites.
This post is constantly updated. Help me develop this blogging resource to include all
popular blogging terms and create a useful blogging glossary. I repeat that this is NOT a
substitute for dictionary meaning or a strict definition of these terms, but a simple
layman approach to understanding what they mean. Please feel free to propose a better
meaning in the comments.
Bloggingly Yours…
taken from: http://www.quickonlinetips.com/archives/2006/06/thegiant-blogging-terms-glossary/
Blog-related terms
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Autocasting
Automated form of podcasting that allows bloggers and blog readers to generate audio
versions of text blogs from RSS feeds.
Audioblog
A blog where the posts consist mainly of voice recordings sent by mobile phone, sometimes
with some short text message added for metadata purposes. (cf. podcasting)
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Biblioblogosphere
A humorous reference to the world of librarian blogging
Blaudience
The audience, or readership, of a blog
Blag
a humorous misspelling of 'blog'
Blath
a math oriented blog. A portmanteau of "math" and "blog".
Blawg
A blog focusing on commentary about the law, generally written by a law professor, law
student, or lawyer. A portmanteau of "law" and "blog".
Bleg
A blog entry consisting of a request to the readers, such as for information or contributions. A
portmanteau of "blog" and "beg". Also called "Lazyweb."
Blog Carnival
A blog article that contains links to other articles covering a specific topic. Most blog carnivals
are hosted by a rotating list of frequent contributors to the carnival, and serve to both
generate new posts by contributors and highlight new bloggers posting matter in that subject
area.
Blistless or B-listless
When a blogger becomes listless or apathetic about posting.
Blog client
(weblog client) is software to manage (post, edit) blogs from operating system with no need
to launch a web browser. A typical blog client has an editor, a spell-checker and a few more
options that simplify content creation and editing.
Blogger
Person who runs a blog. Also blogger.com, a popular blog hosting web site. Rarely:
weblogger.
Bloggernacle
Blogs written by and for Mormons (a portmanteau of "blog" and "Tabernacle)". Generally
refers to faithful Mormon bloggers and sometimes refers to a specific grouping of faithful
Mormon bloggers.
Bloggerazzi
Blogs written by blogger stalkers (a portmanteau of "blog" and "paparazzi)".
Bloggies
One of the most popular blog awards.
Blog Farm
A website constructed from a group of linked weblogs, typically with the main blog
aggregating the total content/acting as a gateway.
Blog feed
The XML-based file in which the blog hosting software places a machine-readable version of
the blog so that it may be "syndicated" for further distribution on the web. Formats such as
RSS and Atom are used to structure the XML file.
Blog hopping
to follow links from one blog entry to another, with related side-trips to various articles, sites,
discussion forums, and more.
Bloglet
A small blog entry, usually one or two sentences long.
Blogoneer
A portmanteau of "blog" and "pioneer", meaning a person who blogs with an expert or
pioneering attitude.
Blogorrhea
A portmanteau of "blog" and "logorrhea", meaning excessive and/or incoherent talkativeness
in a weblog.
Blogosphere
All blogs, or the blogging community. Also called blogistan or, more rarely, blogspace.
Blogroll
A list of blogs. A blogger features a list of their favorite blogs in the sidebar of their blog.
Derived, it would seem, as a pun on "Logrolling." It may alternatively be a derisory pun on
the British slang word "bogroll", meaning a roll of toilet tissue, the word "bog" being used to
mean "toilet".
Blog site
The web location (URL) of a blog, which may be either a dedicated domain, a sub-domain, or
embedded within a web site.
Blogsite
Sometimes confused with a simple blog or blog site, but a blogsite is a web site which
combines blog feeds from a variety of sources, as well as non-blog sources, and adds
significant value over the raw blog feeds.
Blogsnob
A person who refuses to respond to comments on their blog from people outside their circle of
friends.
Blogstipation
The state of being unable to think of any topic to blog about, leading to irregular, strained
blog entries. A rush of interesting events can clear the block; this is sometimes known as a
blenema.
Blogstorm
When a large amount of activity, information and opinion erupts around a particular subject or
controversy in the blogosphere, it is sometimes called a blogstorm or blog swarm.
Blogstream
A play on the term mainstream that references the alternative news and information network
growing up around weblogs and user driven content mechanisms. Can also be used as a play
BlogThis
Bloll
Blooger
on the phrase "thought-stream", referring to the stream of consciousness as expressed
through a weblog.
Pioneered by Blogger.com, BlogThis links on a blog allow the reader to automatically generate
a blog entry based on the blog entry he/she is reading, and post to their blog.
A troll who specialises in blogs. A portmanteau of "blog" and "troll."
A blogger who exhibits adolescent tendencies and lacks basic social graces or good manners.
A portmanteau of "blog" and "booger."
Boreblogging
Writing about personal matters that are barely interesting even to the writer -- preferably in a
slightly bent fashion so as to make it fun to read in spite of the subject matter.
Bugblogging
Blogging about insects.
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Categories
This is a method of organizing blog entries by assigning each entry to a predetermined topic.
Each topic (category) will link to a list of entries, all with related content.
Celeblog
A blog detailing the lives of movie stars, musicians, and other celebrities, much like tabloid
magazines. They often feature embarrassing or revealing paparazzi photos.
Clix
A person's circle of online communities.
Collaborative blog
A blog (usually focused on a single issue or political stripe) on which multiple users enjoy
posting permission. Also known as group blog.
Comment spam
Like e-mail spam. Robot “spambots” flood a blog with advertising in the form of bogus
comments. A serious problem that requires bloggers and blog platforms to have tools to
exclude some users or ban some addresses in comments.
D
Dark Blog
A non-public blog (e.g. behind a firewall)
Desktop Blogging Client
An off-line blog management (posting, editing and archiving) tool
F
Fisking
Flog
To rebut a blog entry in a line-by-line fashion.
A portmanteau of "fake" and "blog". A blog that's ghostwritten by someone, such as in the
marketing department.
A Photoblog.
Feeds
RSS Feeds
G
Glog
GBCW
Gulog
A first-person recording of an activity, in which the person doing the recording is a participant
in the activity. Probably a portmanteau of "gonzo" and "blog".
The "Good Bye Cruel World" diary is when a Kossack decides that Daily Kos has become too
(fill in the blank) or isn't nearly (fill in the blank) enough for him or her to continue visiting
the site. General chaos ensues in the Comments as other Kossacks agree, disagree, and wish
the diarist good luck or good riddance.
A portmanteau of "gulag" and "blog". Used when a blog is so dismal and depressing, it's as if
it were written in a Soviet labour camp.
H
Hits
HT
Number of users visited is often referred as hits. (website / blog hits)
"Hat Tip" An acknowledgment of the source where you found the noteworthy item.
I
instalanche
Sudden and possibly overwhelming increase in traffic to a site after being linked to by the
Instapundit
K
Koufax
K-log
Kos Kid
an annual quasi-Liberal webblog award.
aka "knowledge log", a type of blog usually used by knowledge workers and posted on a
company intranet for sharing company knowledge.
A term for any one who posts, or reads regularly, the blog Daily Kos. Also known as "Kwazy
Kos Kids" after the eccentric nature of some of the members.
L
Lazy Web
Making a suggestion to an internet community in the hopes that someone else will do the
work.
Link Love
linking to a site or blog, usually unsolicited, that you like, enjoy, or find useful.
Log in, blog to, log out
a catchphrase referring to blogger style of activity.
Linkroll
A list of recently-bookmarked links with brief descriptions, in the sidebar of a blog.
legislatorbloggers
liveblog
A blog post updated in real-time about an event in progress.
M
Milblog
Moblog
Term for blogs written by members or veterans of any branch of service - Army, Navy, Air
Force, or Marines. A contraction of military and blog.
A portmanteau of "mobile" and "blog". A blog featuring posts sent mainly by mobile phone,
using SMS or MMS messages. They are often photoblogs.
Momosphere
Term to encompass blogs written by mothers. A portmanteau of "mom" and "blogosphere".
Multi-blog
Creating, maintaining, and running multiple blogs (2 or more) simultaneously.
Multi-blogger
An individual, business, or institution that runs multiple blogs.
N
Natural Blogarithm
Used to describe the vibe or rhythm of the blogging community. A portmanteau of blog and
natural logarithm.
P
PENUS
Potentially Exciting News Under Scrutiny. Use this when you have something big that you
can't wait to show to the blogosphere.
Permalink
Permanent link. The unique URL of a single post. Use this when you want to link to a post
somewhere.
Phlog
Type of blog utilising the Gopher protocol instead of HTTP
Plog
Political blog - blog containing mainly politically-oriented material.
S
Scribosphere
Term to encompass blogs written by professional and aspiring screenwriters. A portmanteau
of "scribe" and "blogosphere".
Shart
An acronym; Stubborn, Hostile And Resentful Troll, the most feared kind. A blog that falls
victim to such a troll is said to have been "sharted". A blogger who vandalises their own page
for sympathy is said to have sharted themselves.
Shocklog
Weblogs to produce shocking discussions by posting various shocking content.
Spam blog
A blog which is composed of spam. A Spam blog or "any blog whose creator doesn't add any
written value."
Slashdotted
The Slashdot effect can hit blogs or other website, and is caused by a major website (usually
Slashdot, but also Digg, Metafilter, Boing Boing, Instapundit and others) sending huge
amounts of temporary traffic that often slow down the server.
Splog
A term used to refer to a 'spam blog', made popular in 2005 by Mark Cuban
Storyblog
Also written as "slog". A term used to describe blogs used primarily to publish written stories
and poetry used for practice usually by aspiring writers.
Subscribe
The term used when a blogs feed is added to a feed reader like Bloglines or Google. Some
blogging platforms have internal subscriptions, this allows readers to receive notification when
there are new posts in a blog.
Svithe
A spiritually themed post on a blog not normally focused on spiritual matters.[citation needed]
Rhymes with tithe.
T
Theme
CSS based code that when applied to the templates will result in visual element changes to
the blog. The theme, as a whole, is also referred to as a blog design.
TrackBack
A system that allows a blogger to see who has seen the original post and has written another
entry concerning it. The system works by sending a 'ping' between the blogs, and therefore
providing the alert.
Troll
A commenter whose sole purpose is to attack the views expressed on a blog and incite a
flamewar, for example, a liberal going to a conservative blog, or vice versa. The word trolling
means literally 'to fish', ie. when the troll fishes for a clashback from the blog writer and/or
pro commenters. Many trolls will leave their remarks on multiple posts and continue to visit
the blog, sparking spirited debate amongst the blog's regular readers. Trolls' verbosity can
range from eloquent to crass, although most trolls probably fall into the latter category.
Originally, trolling only meant the custom where someone was commenting just to get a
flamewar going, by using exaggarated points of view not held by themselves.
V
Vorage
A marriage between the words forage and video defined as "The act of foraging for video on
the internet and sharing it with others." Bloggers or vloggers who share streaming or
downloaded video content on the web often engage in voraging, scouring search engines and
obscure websites to present a curated collection of videos that usually fall within a set theme
or editorial perspective.
W
Web Keynoting
Having a blog's text dictated by a web keynote (also, voice professional). Service provided by
Ch4tter.
Weborexic
Referring to tiny (width-wise) layouts. Coined by Rhiannon Phillips.
Taken from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_blogging_terms