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Twitter - Twittering terms Category: History and Culture Date & country: 31/07/2014, USA Words: 32

Activity
Lives in the Notifications tab. Activity is a real-time dashboard to view what the people you're following are up to on Twitter. You can view Tweets they've favorited and discover other good content on Twitter.

Advisory Bodies
A nominated property is independently evaluated by two Advisory Bodies mandated by the World Heritage Convention: the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), which respectively provide the World Heritage Committee with evaluations of cultural and of natural sites nominated. The third Advisory Body is the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM), an intergovernmental organization which provides the Committee with expert advice on conservation of cultural sites, as well as on training activities.

Application
(third-party) A third-party application is a product created by a company other than Twitter that's used to access Tweets and other Twitter data. Read about how to get help with a third-party application.

Avatar
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Blocking
Find out how to block others.

Culture Sector, UNESCO
Is responsible for important conventions and universal declarations, such as the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage and the Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity which it implements in a number of areas in order to promote intercultural dialogue. The Cultural Heritage Division manages international campaigns and assists in safeguarding sites some of which involve World Heritage properties and masterpieces of oral and intangible heritage. It also carries out operational projects in cooperation with the World Heritage Centre, ICCROM, ICOMOS and ICOM.

DM
See Direct Message.

Favorite
To favorite a Tweet means to mark it as one of your favorites by clicking the yellow star next to the message. You can also favorite via SMS. Read more about favorites.

General Assembly
includes all States Parties to the Convention. It meets once every two years during the ordinary session of the General Conference of UNESCO to elect the members of the World Heritage Committee, to examine the statement of accounts of the World Heritage Fund and to decide on major policy issues.

GFF
(Get Followers Fast) Sites that promise to get you more followers if you provide your username and password. After signing up, these sites send spam from your account. Don't use them.

Hacked
See Hacking.

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ICCROM
The International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property, is an intergovernmental body founded in 1956 which provides expert advice on how to conserve World Heritage sites, as well as training in restoration techniques.

ICOM
Founded in 1946, the International Council of Museums is devoted to the promotion and development of museums and the museum profession at an international level. ICOM is a non-governmental organization with around 17,000 members in 140 countries, many of which have World Heritage sites with museums.

Intangible heritage
Intangible cultural heritage is the practices, expressions, knowledge and skills that communities, groups and sometimes individuals recognise as part of their cultural heritage. Also called living cultural heritage, it is usually expressed in one of the following forms: oral traditions; performing arts; social practices, rituals and festive events; knowledge and practices concerning nature and the universe; and traditional craftsmanship.

IUCN
The International Union for Conservation of Nature, an international, non-governmental organization founded in 1948, advises the World Heritage Committee on the inscription of properties with natural values. Through its worldwide network of specialists, it reports on the state of conservation of World Heritage sites.

MMS
Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS), often called picture messaging, allows you to send media like audio or photos from your phone. Learn how to Tweet a picture via MMS.

Notifications
The Notifications tab lets you view interactions, mentions, recent follows and Retweets. Using the Notifications tab you're able to view who has favorited or retweeted your Tweets, who has recently followed you, and all of your @replies and @mentions.

NWHF
The Nordic World Heritage Foundation was established as a Foundation by the Norwegian Government in March 2002 and was officially given UNESCO

Profile photo
The personal image uploaded to your Twitter profile in the Settings tab of your account. Read about how to change your profile picture.

Protected/Private Tweets
Twitter accounts are public by default. Choosing to protect your account means that your Tweets will only be seen by approved followers and will not appear in search. Read more about the difference between public and protected Tweets.

Retweet
(noun) A Tweet by another user, forwarded to you by someone you follow. Often used to spread news or share valuable findings on Twitter. Find out more about Retweets.

Retweet
(verb) To retweet, retweeting, retweeted. The act of forwarding another user's Tweet to all of your followers. Find out more about Retweets. Learn why you can't retweet certain Tweets.

Science Sector, UNESCO
with its Division of Ecological Sciences, the Division of Earth Sciences and the Bureau for Coordination of Environmental Programmes, cooperates with the World Heritage Centre and IUCN in executing operational projects concerning natural World Heritage properties, in particular those which are also UNESCO Biosphere Reserves.

States Parties
are countries which have adhered to the World Heritage Convention. They identify and nominate sites on their national territory to be considered for inscription on the World Heritage List. States Parties have the responsibility to protect the World Heritage values of the sites inscribed and report periodically on their condition.

Tentative List
The first step a country must take is making an

Top Tweets
Tweets determined by a Twitter search algorithm to be the most popular or resonant on Twitter at any given time. Find out more about Top Tweets.

Tweet
(noun) A message posted via Twitter containing 140 characters or fewer. Find out how to post a Tweet.

UNEP-WCMC
The UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre manages the database of World Heritage properties with natural values.

Whitelisted
A type of account that is allowed to go beyond the restrictions imposed by Twitter. This could be follower limits, posts, API access, etc. Learn more about whitelisting.

World Heritage Centre
is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Convention and for the administration of the World Heritage Fund.

World Heritage Committee
meets once a year, and consists of representatives from 21 of the States Parties to the Convention elected for terms up to six years. The Committee is responsible for the implementation of the World Heritage Convention, allocates financial assistance from the World Heritage Fund and has the final say on whether a site is inscribed on the World Heritage List. It examines reports on the state of conservation of inscribed sites and decides on the inscription or removal of sites on the List of World Heritage in Danger.