Vocabulary: Fall List #6

Definitions

Meme: a cultural item that is transmitted by repetition and replication in a manner analogous to the biological transmission of genes.
Virus: a type of malicious software program that, when executed, replicates by reproducing itself or infecting other computer programs by modifying them.
Viral: pertaining to or involving the spread of information and opinions about a product or service from person to person, especially on the internet or though emails.
Blog: a website containing a writer's or group of writer's own experiences, observations, opinions, etc., and often having links and images to other websites.
Wiki: a website that allows anyone to add, delete, or revise content by using a web browser.
URL(Uniform Resource Locator): a protocol for specifying addresses on the Internet.
Website: a connected group of pages on the World Wide Web regarded as a single entity, usually maintained by one person or organization and devoted to a single topic or several closely related topics.
WWW: World Wide Web
Internet: a vast computer network linking smaller computer networks worldwide.
2.0: used post-positively to denote a revised or improved version of the original.
Open Source: pertaining to or denoting software whose source code is available free of charge to the public to use, copy, modify, sub-license, or distribute.

Sentences

There were many funny memes on the internet about Trump and Clinton after the Presidential Debate.
The virus on my computer caused it to flash on and off constantly and did not let me open any programs.
This news went viral after it offended a vast majority of the public.
He has never created a blog before and doesn't think it is necessary.
When she researches stuff for a project she never uses a wiki website because it is not credible.
Send me the URL after you're done editing so that I can proofread your changes.
I recommend you use this website because it provides a lot of credible information.
You don't always have to type in www when searching for a website.
Whenever she needs to find information she goes to the internet and searches for it.
The web 2.0 is modified and improved to be much better than the original.
An open source will allow all of us to share our ideas with each other and edit our work.