Opis: 50 Digital Ideas - Tom Chatfield

Have you ever wondered what the difference is between a MUD and an API? Don't know your OCR from your PPC? Not quite clear on crowd-sourcing and culture jamming? Then this book is for you. In a series of accessible and engagingly written essays, 50 Digital Ideas You Really Need to Know introduces and explains all the key aspects of the digital world and how it works. It is a book that will be welcomed by anyone who wants to understand one of the most powerful forces shaping our world. Aggregation; API; Augmented reality; Automatic translation; Avatars; Blogging and micro-blogging; Browser wars; Chat; Cloud computing; Commenting; Creative commons licence; Crowd-sourcing; Culture jamming; Download universe; eGovernment; Ego-surfing; Electronic mail; File sharing; Flow; Feeds (RSS & Atom); Freemium; Gaming; Geo-location and hyperlocal; GUIs; HTTP/HTML; Hosting; ICANN; Mashups; Micro-payments; MUD; Netiquette; Open sourcing; OCR; Pay-per click; Privacy; Proxy servers; Rating systems; Rich internet applications; Search; Semantic web; Smartphones; Social networking; Spam; Streaming; Tagging; Traffic analytics; Unplugging; Virality; Virtual goods; Web 2.0/3.0; Wikis.Introduction. FUNDAMENTALS: The internet; The world wide web; Internet service provision; Email; Personal computing; Servers; Browsers; Markup languages; Search. TOWARDS THE DIGITAL PRESENT: Web 2.0; Netiquette; Blogging; Aggregation; Chatting; File sharing; Streaming media; Rich internet applications; Wireless; Smartphones. THE DARK SIDE: Malware; Spam; Privacy; The deep web; Hacking; Cyberwar. PLEASURE AND LEISURE: Social networking; Games consoles; Mashups; Culture jamming. BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENT: E-commerce; Online advertising; Analytics; Optical character recognition; Machine translation; Location-based services; Virtual goods; eGovernment. TRANSFORMATIVE TRENDS: Crowdsourcing; Free software movement; Digital distribution; Cloud computing; Going viral. SHAPING A DIGITAL FUTURE: Virtual worlds; Avatars; Net neutrality; Semantic web; Augmented reality; Convergence; The internet of things; Distraction. Glossary. Index.

Szczegóły: 50 Digital Ideas - Tom Chatfield

Tytuł: 50 Digital Ideas
Autor: Tom Chatfield
Producent: Quercus
ISBN: 9780857385468
Rok produkcji: 2011
Ilość stron: 208
Oprawa: Twarda

Recenzje: 50 Digital Ideas - Tom Chatfield