Glossary of blogging

Key takeaways

Glossary of blogging belongs to computer science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Glossary of blogging to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Glossary of blogging from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

This is a list of blogging terms. Blogging, like any hobby, has developed something of a specialized vocabulary. The following is an attempt to explain a few of the more common phrases and words, including etymologies when not obvious.

Blog-related terms

A Atom A popular feed format developed as an alternative to RSS. Autocasting An 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 messages added for metadata purposes. (cf. podcasting)

B Beauty Blog Beauty blogs are niche blogs that cover cosmetics, makeup or skincare related topics, events, product launches, product reviews, nail-art, makeup trends, highly curated products, insider tips from tastemakers and celebrities, et cetera. Blawg A blog about law and legal issues. Bleg An entry in a blog requesting 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. Blog client (weblog client) is software to manage (post, edit) blogs from the 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. Blog publishing service A software that is used to create the blog. Some of the most popular are WordPress, Blogger, TypePad, Movable Type, and Joomla. Blogger Person who runs a blog. Also blogger.com, a popular blog hosting website. 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. Bloggies One of the most popular blog awards Blogroll A list of other blogs that a blogger might recommend by providing links to them (usually in a sidebar list). Blogosphere All blogs, or the blogging community. Blogware A category of software that consists of a specialized form of a Content Management System specifically designed for creating and maintaining weblogs. The BOBs The largest international blog awards.

C Catblogging (traditionally "Friday catblogging", sometime "Caturday") The practice of posting pictures of cats, in typical cat postures and expressions, on a blog. 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 Desktop Blogging Client An off-line blog management (posting, editing, and archiving) tool Domain Name A domain name is the name of a blog/website. Google.com and Wikipedia.org are examples of blogs/websites' names.

E Event blogging When marketers create new blogs for upcoming events. For that, they buy EMDs or exact match domains for the upcoming events to attract people who are searching for that event. Because their domain is rich with keywords, they get better rankings in search engines. However, to establish an event blog, event bloggers may start working on their blogs 6 months or more before the event to make a decent amount of content and to get quality backlinks.

F Fisking/To fisk To rebut a news report line-by-line, or the result of doing so. Flog A portmanteau of "fake" and "blog"; a form of astroturfing. A food blog; sometimes, a blog dedicated to food porn. Feeds RSS Feeds.

H Health blog A blog that covers health topics, events, and/or related content of the health industry and the general community. In short, anything related to health.

J J-blog A journalist blog. A blog with a Jewish focus.

L Legal blog A blog about the law. Lifelog A blog that captures a person's entire life. List blog A blog consisting solely of list-style posts. Listicle A short-form of writing that uses a list as its thematic structure but is fleshed out with sufficient copy to be published as an article. Litblog A blog that focuses primarily on the topic of literature.

M Milblog A blog written by members or veterans of any branch of military service - Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marines. A contraction of military and blog. Moblog A portmanteau of "mobile" and "blog". A blog featuring posts sent mainly by mobile phone, using SMS or MMS messages. They are often photoblogs. Mommy blog A blog featuring discussions especially about home and family. Multiblog A blog constructed as a conversation between more than two people.

P 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 A Photoblog. A portmanteau of "photo" and "blog". Photoblog A blog mostly containing photos, posted constantly and chronologically. Pingback The alert in the TrackBack system that notifies the original poster of a blog post when someone else writes an entry concerning the original post. Podcasting Contraction of “iPod” and “broadcasting” (but not for iPods only). Posting audio and video material on a blog and its RSS feed, for digital players. Post or blog Post A blog post is a piece of writings in the form of an article that's published on a blog by a blogger. Post Slug For blogs with common language URLs, the post slug is the portion of the URL that represents the post, such as "all-about-my-holiday" in www.example.com/all-about-my-holiday

R RSS Really Simple Syndication is a family of Web feed formats used to publish frequently updated content such as blog entries, news headlines, or podcasts. RSS aggregator Software or online service allowing a blogger to read an RSS feed, especially the latest posts on their favorite blogs. Also called a reader or feedreader. RSS feed The file containing a blog’s latest posts It is read by an RSS aggregator or reader and shows at once when a blog has been updated. It may contain only the title of the post, the title plus the first few lines of the post, or the entire post.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Glossary of blogging

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Glossary of blogging claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In computer science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Glossary of blogging before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Glossary of blogging ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Glossary of blogging

In research: Glossary of blogging appears in computer science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Glossary of blogging in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Glossary of blogging is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Blogs, Glossaries of computers, Internet terminology, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Glossary of blogging outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

How to study Glossary of blogging in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Glossary of blogging means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Glossary of blogging out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Glossary of blogging in simple terms?

This is a list of blogging terms. Blogging, like any hobby, has developed something of a specialized vocabulary.

Why does Glossary of blogging matter?

Because it connects several computer science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Glossary of blogging?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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