Glossary

Audio conference/conference call

A telephone call in which the calling party wishes to have more than one person listen in. The conference calls may be designed to allow the called party to participate during the call, or the call may be set up so that the called party merely listens. It is often referred to as an ATC (Audio Tele-Conference).

Internet Forum

A web application for holding discussions and posting user generated content. They are also referred to as web forums, message boards, discussion boards, (electronic) discussion groups, discussion forums, bulletin boards, or forums. The terms "forum" and "board" may refer to an entire community or to a specific sub-forum dealing with a specific topic. Messages within these sub-forums are then displayed either in chronological order or as threaded discussions.

Telecast/Broadcasting

The distribution of audio and/or video signals which transmit programs to an audience. The audience may be the general public or a relatively large audience.

Teleconference

The live exchange and mass articulation of information among persons and machines remote from one another but linked by a telecommunications system, usually over the phone line. The telecommunications system may support the teleconference by providing audio, video, and data services by any number of the following: telephones, telegraphs, teletypes, radios, and or televisions.

Web chat sites

These are websites that allow users to communicate in real time using easily accessible web interfaces. Web chat sites typically do not require registration. This allows them to offer users immediate access, but also generates an extremely high level of competition between chat sites, as it allows users to switch between them with ease.

Web conferencing

a way to conduct live meetings or presentations over the Internet. Participants sit at their own computer and are connected to other participants via the internet through an application hosted by a company. This can be either a downloaded application or a web-based application where the attendees will simply enter a website meeting address to enter the live meeting/conference. These web-based applications are used either with Flash or Java technology.

Webcast

A live media file distributed over the Internet using streaming media technology. Essentially, webcasting is broadcasting over the Internet.

Webinar

A type of web conference that can be designed to be interactive between the presenter and audience. It is 'live' in the sense that information is conveyed according to an agenda, with a starting and ending time. In most cases, the presenter may speak over a telephone line, pointing out information being presented on screen, and the audience can respond over their own telephones.

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