Information on the go #Blog Entry 07

People nowadays are tend to use internet to be able access in different sites.We choose to use internet rather than books, magazines, newspapers etc. because it is convenient. They use different devices such as mobile phones, tablets, laptop etc. as instrument in seeking information. 

Information is any entity or form that resolves uncertainty or provides the answer to a question of some kind. It is thus related to data and knowledge, as data represents values attributed to parameters, and knowledge signifies understanding of real things or abstract concepts.

It means, we seek for information on the things that weren't familiar. Even philosophers seeks information on the questions they didn't know. In our generation, with the use of internet, we access in different sites to seek for information around the world.

Search Engine or Web Search Engine is a software system that is designed to search for information on the world wide web. The search results are generally presented in a line of results often referred to as Search Engine Results Pages (SERPs). The information may be a mix of web pages, images and other types of files. Some search engines are mine data available in databases or open directories. Unlike web directories, which only maintained by human editors, search engines also maintain real-time information by running an algorithm on a web crawler.

Internet content that is not capable of being searched by a web search engine is generally described as the Deep Web

Websites is a collection of related web pages, including multimedia content, typically identified with a common domain name, and publish on at least one web server. A website may be accessible via a public Internet Protocol (IP) network, such as the internet, or a private Local Area Network (LAN), by referencing a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) that identifies the site. 

Website can have many functions and can be used in various fashions; a website can be a personal website, a corporate website for a company, a government website, an organization website etc. Website are typically dedicated to a particular topic or purpose, ranging from entertainment and social networking to providing news and education. All publicly accessible websites collectively constitute the world wide web, while private websites, such as company's website for its employees, are typically a part of an intranet. 

  

Social Media site are computer-mediated technologies that facilitate the creation and sharing of information, ideas, career interests and other form of expression via virtual community and networks. The variety stand-alone and built-in social media services currently available introduces challenges of definition; however, there are some features:
1.) Social media are interactive Web 2.0 internet-based applications.
2.) User-generated content, such as texts posts or comments, digital photo or video, and data generated through all online interactions, is the lifeblood of social media.

3.) Users create service-specific profiles for the website or app that designed and maintained by the social media organizations.
4.) Social media facilitate the development of online social networks by connecting a user's profile with those of other individuals or groups.


Internet is very useful, it's up to us on how we gonna use it.

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