Beginning to learn about blogging largely consists of learning the terminology used by bloggers. You'll need to understand these terms: blog, platform, domain and web host. Once you understand these essentials of blogging, you'll be able to talk about blogging as if you've done it for years. Once you know exactly what a blog is and how it works, you'll be ready to pass your blogging 101 exam with flying colors.

Blog is an abbreviated form of the word weblog; that is to say a series of posts presented by date, much like an online diary. The majority of blogs are plain text, but video and photo blogs are out there as well. Blogs themselves are relatively simple, but to set one up you'll need to learn some of the technical aspects; you're going to need a web host, a domain and a platform.

First, let's address platform. Your platform is a piece of software which lets you write your posts and upload them to your blog. Platforms will also include design tools to customize the look of your blog.

Next are web hosts. A web host is the server which your blog resides on; think of it as a file cabinet. Your computer will talk to the host every time you edit a post or upload new content to your blog.

Domain is simply the web address of your blog, typically ending in .com.

After learning all of these important blogging terms, you can congratulate yourself for passing your final blogging 101 exam.