What is Crowdsourcing?

Crowdsourcing is a way to obtain something that uses the cumulative work of any group of people. Instead of hiring or asking an organization to do a job that requires the efforts of many people, whoever needs the work done goes directly to individuals who perform the tasks. Crowdsourcing usually uses a website to outsource work to an online community of people. The community can be open to the public or restricted to a group of invited members, depending on the organization doing the crowdsourcing, who is called the croudsourcer. For the text version of this episode visit this link: https://www.bobology.com/public/What-is-Crowdsourcing.cfm

Hypertext is text that provides a link to other text, which can be located on another web page, on the same page, or within a document. The prefix “hyper” means that the text has additional information other than what appears to the reader. To create hypertext special formatting code is added in the text that connects the hypertext to a new document when you click or tap on the hypertext. Hypertext is also referred to by the term “hypertext link,” since all hypertext includes a link to another location. For the text version of this episode visit this link: https://www.bobology.com/public/What-is-Hypertext.cfm

A conversion on the Internet takes place when a visitor to a web page completes an action on that page. Many web pages are intended to have a visitor take some action such as filling out a form downloading a file or placing an order for an item. These activities are actions that can when completed, are considered to be a conversion by the website because the result can be tracked. For the text version of this episode visit this link: https://www.bobology.com/public/What-is-a-Web-Page-Conversion.cfm

Instagram is an online social networking service that allows users to take photos and videos, then apply filters and other effects, and share them on other popular social networking sites. It's a free service and a fun way to share photos. Photo and video sharing via the internet have become a part of mainstream popular culture. Instagram is one of the most popular applications used to create sharable photos and video shorts of 15 seconds or less. For the text version of this episode visit this link: https://www.bobology.com/public/What-is-Instagram.cfm

An app store is a resource on the Internet that allows software applications, also known as apps, to be downloaded and installed on a computer, smartphone, tablet, or another device. While Apple, Microsoft, Google, and other companies include many applications with their different operating systems, the availability of apps developed by other people and companies, called “app developers,” provides the owner of a computer or device the ability to add optional apps which make the device more useful. For the text version of this episode visit this link: https://www.bobology.com/public/What-is-an-App-Store.cfm

Cross-platform software is any software application that works on multiple operating systems or devices, often referred to as platforms. A platform means an operating system such as Windows, Mac OS, Android, or iOS. When a software application works on more than one platform, the user can utilize it in a broader choice of devices and computers. For the text version of this episode visit this link: https://www.bobology.com/public/What-is-CrossPlatform-Software.cfm

Spam is an unwanted, undesired, or irrelevant message received from any source and sent to many recipients. Email spam is what most people think of when they think of spam, but there are other types. Spam can be in the form of a comment on a blog, a post in a discussion group, and text spam. Think of spam as the electronic equivalent of telephone solicitations or junk mail. For the text version of this episode visit this link: https://www.bobology.com/public/What-is-Spam.cfm

Binge-watching is the practice of viewing multiple episodes of a television series or a series of movies consecutively, either in one sitting or a short period. For the text version of this episode visit this link: https://www.bobology.com/public/What-is-Binge-Watching.cfm

URL is the abbreviation for Uniform Resource Locator. URLs are the addresses that specify the location of web pages, audio files, images, videos, and other files on the World Wide Web. You use URL's every day when you enter the name of a website or web page in your Internet browser, or when you click on a link. For the text version of this episode visit this link: https://www.bobology.com/public/What-is-a-URL-.cfm

ISP stands for Internet Service Provider. In short, an Internet Service Provider is a company in the business of connecting people to the Internet. You, as the computer user, pay a fee to the ISP and in return, they connect your computer (or computers) to the Internet. Phone companies, cable companies, cellular providers, and other telecommunications companies are usually businesses that provide Internet connections. They may offer additional services, but we're talking about them being your ISP right now. For the text version of this episode visit this link: https://www.bobology.com/public/Tech-Term-of-the-Week-What-is-an-ISP.cfm