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Seema Sharma, Lovely Professional University Unit 14: Web Portal

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Unit 14: Web Portal

CONTENTS
Objectives
Introduction
14.1 Web Portal
14.1.1 Types of Portals
14.2 Gateway (Telecommunications)
14.3 Electronic Journal
14.4 Mailing List
14.4.1 Types of Mailing Lists
14.4.2 List Washing
14.5 Bulletin Board
14.6 Computer Conference and Virtual Seminar
14.6.1 Early Conferencing Systems
14.6.2 Current Technologies
14.6.3 Group Lists and Listservers
14.6.4 Chat Tools
14.6.5 Whiteboards
14.6.6 Audio and Video Conferencing
14.6.7 Collaboration Suites and Groupware
14.6.8 Privacy, Access, and Security
14.6.9 Future Trends
14.7 Summary
14.8 Keywords
14.9 Review Questions
14.10 Further Readings

Objectives
After studying this unit, you will be able to:
Describe about web portal and its types
Discuss the meaning of Gateway
Explain the term electronic journal
State about the bulletin board
Explain thoroughly about computer conference.

Introduction

With so many portals out there and so many vendors hawking protalware, one might think that
there is at least a firm agreement on what portals are. In fact, there are many confusing and often
contradictory definitions. Some people even believe that just putting the work portal prominently
on their home page makes it a portal. After all, with enough links, and especially a link to a search
engine, any home page can give you access to much of the Web.

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