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Key Terms, Web 2.0 Lesson 4  External links: Hyperlinks that connect to web pages that are located outside of the wiki. GNU General Public License: A license that specifies that a software program can be distributed to and modified by anyone, even for commercial purposes. Hyperlink: Text or an image that connects to another document on the web or to another location on the same web page. Internal links: Hyperlinks that connect one wiki page to another point within the wiki.  Internet trolls: Individuals who write inflammatory, controversial, or irrelevant content in online communities such as Wikipedia, just to provoke emotional responses from readers.  IP address: A unique number assigned to devices connected to the Internet. Notifications: Emails sent out by your wiki provider to alert you when changes are made to your wikis. Peer review: A process by which experts in a given field review another author’s scholarly work to determine that the output is valid and substantially correct. Refereeing: A process by which experts in a given field review another author’s scholarly work to determine that the output is valid and substantially correct. Revision history page: A chronological listing (most recent first) of the edits to a wiki page. Server: A computer that provides services to other computers upon request. Sidebar: A feature of PBwiki, this is a small section that is always visible (by default) on the right side of your wiki no matter what page of the wiki you are viewing. Watchlist: A list of web pages that are being monitored. Wiki: A collection of web pages that are designed to be edited by groups of individuals. Wiki community: The users and contributors to a wiki. Wiki farm: A server (or a group of connected servers) that runs wiki software and is designed to host multiple wikis at the same time. Wiki page: One page on a wiki.  Wiki vandals: Individuals who deface pages in a wiki by deleting legitimate information, inserting irrelevant or nonsensical information, violating the policies of the wiki (such as adding content that is speculative on Wikipedia), or inserting links to commercial sites in an attempt to sell products or services. Wikipedia: An online encyclopedia that is deployed in many languages and is accessible at no cost to its users.