Machine 101

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Machine 101
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What is google?

• A form of protective eye-ware?
• A famous 19th Century Russian writer ?
• A very large number?
• A company formed by two Standford University
  students, renown for its innovations, search
  algorithms and unreliable equipment.

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Correct answer is D

• Google is a company formed by two Standford
  University students, renown for its innovations,
  search algorithms and unreliable equipment.
• Google adopted a new approach to search engine
  design.
• Their engine was named Backrub because it
  checked backlinks.
• Google became wildly popular due to its simple
  design and functionality.

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What is Myspace?

• A sacrosanct zone that one should approach with
  the greatest caution.
• The latest acquisition of Media Mogul Rupert
  Murdoch
• A social networking site comprised of user
  network of friends, profiles, blogs, music,
  videos
• Both B and C

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Correct Answer is D

• Myspace a social networking site comprised of
  user network of friends, profiles, blogs, music,
  videos was acquired by Rupert Murdoch in 2006.
• www.myspace.com

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Murdochs comments on Social Networking Web
Technology

• To find something comparable you would have to go
  back 500 years to the printing press which
  incidentally is what destroyed the old world of
  kings and aristocracy.
• Technology is shifting power away from the
  editors, publishers and establishment, the media
  elite.
• Now it is the people who are taking control.

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Myspace Statistics

• According to wikipedia Myspace has over 300
  million accounts as of December 18, 2007.
• The site reportedly attracts new registration at
  the rate of 230,000 per day.

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What is Flickr ?

• A 1946 novel about a stray mustang.
• A motorist salute sometimes seen on the Dulles
  Greenway.
• a photo sharing website

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Correct Answer is C

• Flickr is a photo sharing website popular among
  bloggers as a photo respository.
• An early W 2.0 application popular due to its
  online community tool that allow photos to be
  tagged and browsed by folksonomic means.

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What is Ajax?

• The name of a Greek hero from the battle of troy
  son of King Telamon of Salamis.
• A powdered household cleanser with bleach for
  added cleaning power.
• An acronym for Asynchronous Javascript and XML?

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Correct answer is A B C

• Ajax an acronym for Asynchronous Javascript and
  XML is a group of inter-related web development
  techniques used for creating interactive web
  applications.
• A primary characteristic is the increased
  responsiveness and interactivity due to behind
  the scenes processing.

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Web 2.0 is

• A meaningless buzzword
• The decimal equivalent of Web 8/4
• A new generation of web communities and hosted
  services

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The correct answer is B however credit will be
given for answer C as well.

• Web 2.0 has many definitions, fans and
  detractors.
• Tim Berners-Lee 0ne of the chief architects of
  the world wide web takes exception to the term
  since many of the technical components of Web 2.0
  have been around since the early days of the web.

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Web 2.0

• Dario de Judicibus, an IBM social engineer has
  proposed a different definition.
• Web 2.0 is a knowledge-oriented environment where
  human interactions generate content that is
  published, managed and shared through network
  applications in a service-oriented architecture.

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Web 2.0

• One thing is for certain
• The shift in how we
• Communicate with one another
• Share resources
• Acquire Information
• Entertain ourselves
• is real and its impact is profound

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• Thank You!