The contributors to the dictionary:

Asuman ÇAKIR / Atatürk Secondary School, Turkey

Cahide SEKİN / Yıldırım Beyazıt Primary School, Turkey

Dimitra Rouvoli / 7th Primary School of Karditsa, Greece

Huriye Uluöz / TOKI Malazgirt Primary School, Turkey

Mihaela Dragomir / Schiulesti Secondary School, Romania 

Mili Modak / Tomtberga  Primary school, Sweden

N.Selin TAŞTEKİN / Şehit Güngör Dolunay Primary School, Turkey

Orinta Salkuviene / Šiauliai Medelynas Progymnasium, Lithuania

Selma Yumlu / Erkilet Süleyman Tarman Primary School, Turkey

Şenay Erbaş / İbrahim Yüzbaşıoğlu Primary School, Turkey 

Scan the QR code below and play the games. They are all related to digi words. Do you know them? If not, you can look them up in the following pages of the dictionary! Enjoy! 

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The games are made by Mihaela Dragomir

 A a

algorithm: a process or set of rules to be followed in calculations or other problem-solving operations, 

especially by a computer

android: the most widely used operating system for smartphones (cited from https://www.computerhope.com/)

antivirus: a kind of software used to prevent, scan, detect and delete viruses from a computer (cited from

https://www.verizon.com/info/definitions/antivirus/)

App store: an application that enables you to download apps, such us games!

avatar: modified picture of a person on the internet

Some avatars

B b

banner: announcement on the wall, usually with pictures, designed to promote something, to make it public.

blogger: a website that allows you to start blogs on the Internet. The Blogger system, which has more than 2 million registered users, provides free blog creation for its users (cited in wikipedia)

C c

camera: application to take pictures or videos

chat: 1. to talk in a friendly or easy manner 2. a friendly conversation.

collaborate: work together

Compact Disc/Cd: a flat, round, optical 

storage medium

connection: clickable hypertext or image that allows the user to navigate to another web page or application using hypertext on Internet pages

cyberbullying: bullying using digital technologies on social media, messaging platforms, gaming platforms and mobile phones (cited in Unicef website)

cyberspace: 1. a global domain within the information environment constisting of the interdependet network of information systems infractures including the internet
(cited from Google) 2. the imaginary place that emails and other pieces of information pass throught when they are going from one computer to another.(Macmillan english dictionary)

Cyberbullying

https://images.app.goo.gl/ny2s3YHxUApJNaN1A

D d

digital citizenship: the responsible use of the internet and other digital technologies

download: copy data from one computer to another over the internet

E e

edit: when you post something on a social media platform and then you change it and post it again

e-mail: an electronic message

e-school: an online school or virtual school or cyber-school that teaches students entirely or primarily online or through the Internet

e-shop: an electronic shop where you can buy things such as games, clothes etc. on the internet!

eTwinning: a community for schools in Europe

Excite: a worldwide web portal that provides content such as news, weather, search engines, a web-based email, instant messaging and a customizable homepage (Cited in wikipedia)

exit: leave a place or page

Ff

facebook: is a social sharing platform

fake news: 1. some media content has been edited on the internet using non-real facts 2. false or misleading information presented as news

file: a collection of data stored in a unıt having a name

firewall: software that prevents access to one's internet account

follower: a person who supports a particular person or set of ideas e.g. instagram, tiktok, facebook etc. 

footprint: the data trace you create while using the internet 

friend request: a message on a social platform from someone who wants you to add him/her as a friend

G g

Gmail: is a free email service developed by Google. Users can access Gmail on the web.

google: a large search engine

guest: an anonymous user account that provides access to a computer for a period of time

H h

hashtag: a function used with Twitter and 

other services that give a post or tweet 

a keyword 

(cited from https://www.computerhope.com/)

home page: the main page of a Web site. A home page often has a table of contents and links to other parts of the Web page

Hot mail: free e-mail service

I i

Information: facts provided or learned about something or someone

Instagram: a free photo-sharing application that enables its users to take photos, apply filters and share them on social networks

Internet: the world's largest computer network, which is made of millions of computers that are linked together. Some parts of the Internet are the World Wide Web, electronic mail, and chat rooms (cited from https://kids.wordsmyth.net/)

invite: make a polite, formal or friendly request to someone to visit a web page

J j

java: "the name of a computer programming language that is often used on the internet"(Cited in Cambridge online dictionary)

jpg: a file type for images

K k

keyboard: a row or rows of keys. Pianos, typewriters, and computers have keyboards

Keyword: a word or concept of great importance

Keyboard

L l

 language translation: words in various languages can be converted to the language we want

login: a name that you enter  in order to be able to use a computer system (cited from Cambridge Dictionary)

logout: the act of logging out of a computer system ( stopping being connected to it)

M m

messenger: someone who takes a message or documents from one person to another or from one device to another

Mention: Mentioners use each other's usernames as @username in their tweets

mic or microphone: a device which allows computer users to input audio into their computers (cited from https://www.computerhope.com/)

modem: a device that connects your computer to a phone line and communicates with the computer connected to the other phone line

mute: turn off the sound

multimedia: any visual representation with a combination of audio, video, animation, or graphics. Multimedia is usually a more enjoyable and informative experience than text (cited from https://www.computerhope.com/)

Messenger

Mute

Mic or microphone

Modem

N n

netiquette: the values that form the basis of relationships on the internet

network: "a number of computers connected together so that they can share information:" (cited in cambridge online dictionary)

nickname: something used as our name but it is different to our real one

O o 

online education: learning through the internet on a computer, not face to face

online meeting: a virtual meeting through zoom, facetime, adobe connect etc.

Online education

P p

page: a digital page, not a notebook page

password: a string of characters used for authenticating a user on a computer system

paste:  you copy an object or text from one location and place it to another location (cited from https://www.computerhope.com/)

Podcast: a digital audio file

pop-up: unannounced ad

post:  something such as a message, picture or entry is publihed on a website or used in social media

profile: a short description  of someone's life, work, character etc.(cited from Cambridge Dictionary)

publish: make sth available to the public on the internet (Cited in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary)

Q q

QR code: a barcode which contains information about a product or a direct forward to a website.

Qr code

R r

register: sign up by sending information about yourself to a company or website

S s

Security: 1. being able to live without fear in the community 2. protection of a computer's hardware and the data that it holds (cited from https://www.computerhope.com/)

spam: junk email on the Internet

Stumbleupon: was a free website and browser plug-in that allowed users to discover and rate new sites by clicking a thumbs up or thumbs down icon (cited from https://www.computerhope.com/)

T t

text: 1. the written words in a book or on the internet

2. to send a  message

twinmail: a tool to send messages to others on the twinspace

twinspace: an interactive space where partners can work collaboratively on national and international projects

Twitter: a social networking site where 

Twitterers or Tweeters (users posting on Twitter) post about what they are doing or thinking. They may also post photos of themselves or news about current events (cited from https://www.computerhope.com/)

U u

upload: copy or move information to the internet or a computer

user: someone who uses a product, machine, or service

V v

viber:  a free android social app for sending messages, calling and sharing photos and videos

virus: a type of computer program that changes the way the computer works and tries to hide itself in other files without the user's permission or knowledge (cited from wikipedia)

vlog: a personal website a person posts short videos in.

W w

Widget: or gadget is an additional  feature or extension to a software program which enables additional features

WIFI: a system for connecting electronic equipment such as computers and electronic organizers to the internet without using wires (cited from Cambridge Online Dictionary)

Wordpress: Personal broadcast system

X x

XML: "abbreviation for extensible markup language: a system of organizing information on computers" (cited in Cambridge online dictionary)

Y y

yahoo: a mail system

Yandex: a company that mainly provides internet-based products and services

Youtube: a video sharing service that allows anyone to post any appropriate video or vlog (cited from https://www.computerhope.com/)

Z z

zip file: a compressed file

To prepare the dictionary students worked in mixed nationality teams under the guidance of their teachers. The teams are:

"DIGITAL NATIVES"

"CYBER SMARTS"

"DIGITAL INNOVATORS"

"DIGITAL CITIZENS"