Twitter Is a Website That Offers a Social Networking Service

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Essay

Twitter is a website that offers a social networking service, enabling its users to send and read other users' messages or conversations called tweets, which are text-based posts of up to 140 characters displayed on the user's profile page. Connected to each "tweet" is a rich details pane that provides additional information, deeper context, and embedded media. Companies are just beginning to use Twitter as a tool in their relationship marketing programs. In what ways could Twitter be used to benefit both the customer and the organization?

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Definitions:

Carbon Dioxide

A gas that is clear and has no smell, created when carbon and organic substances are combusted and during the process of breathing, which plants take in for photosynthesis.

ATP

Adenosine triphosphate, a high-energy molecule used for energy storage by organisms. In cellular processes, it releases energy when it is broken down into ADP and phosphate.

Metabolism

The set of life-sustaining chemical reactions in organisms, involving the conversion of food into energy, the creation of building blocks for proteins, lipids, nucleic acids, and some carbohydrates, and the elimination of metabolic wastes.

Chemical Reactions

Processes in which substances interact to form new products, involving the rearrangement of atoms or the transfer of electrons.