Internet Terminology

While I had realized before I began this class that there was a specific language set used for internet phenomena, I had no idea that there were so many terms I didn't know. Boolean operators, wildcards, modifiers...these are words I have never had to consider in relation to search engines, but apparently they are the technical names for symbols I've been using in Google since the beginning of my surf days.
It's likely a failing of the majority of my generation that we can operate a great deal of modern technology intuitively, but we have no idea how to talk about it professionally. For example, I have taught myself how to write HTML code, but I have no idea what words to use when I'm describing what I've done. In this way, at least, I will find this course very helpful, so that when I actually wish to discuss the Internet with someone, I will sound like the fairly well educated person that I am.

Introduction to the Class

I am from Bartlett, TN (a suburb of Memphis), and I went to Bartlett High School. I want to teach high school Latin because I think that all knowledge is precious (even the knowledge of a dead language) and ought to be passed on. I enjoy exploring media in all forms, and I love discovering new things in Knoxville. I am primarily a PC user, although I’m familiar with several types of operating systems.