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Technology In Action

Subjects : it-skills, literacy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Tools and Web-based services that emphasize online collaboration and sharing among users.






2. A clip of audio or video content that is broadcast over the Internet using compressed audio or video files in formats such as MP3.






3. A clip of audio or video content that is broadcast over the Internet using compressed audio and video files such as MP3s and MP4s






4. The main pathway of high-speed communications lines over which all Internet traffic flows.






5. A type of Web site that allows users to change its content by adding - removing - or editing the content






6. A protocol used to upload and download files from one computer to another over the Internet.






7. A feature in Microsoft Internet Explorer that places a marker of a Web site's Uniform Resource Locator (URL) in an easily retrievable list in the browser's toolbar. (Called Bookmarks in some browsers.)






8. E-commerce transactions between businesses and consumers.






9. A type of connection that uses telephone lines to connect to the Internet and that allows both phone and data transmissions to share the same line.






10. An area on the Web where people come together to communicate online. The conversations are in real time and are visible to everyone in the chat room.






11. Measurement of how fast data travels between computers






12. A __________ is a structured outline of Web sites organized by topics and sub topics.






13. A social networking service






14. The three parts of a search engine?






15. A program that constantly collects information on the Web - following links in Web sites and reading Web pages. Spiders get their name because they crawl over the Web using multiple 'legs' to visit many sites simultaneously.






16. A device that enables users to have wireless Internet access with mobile devices such as PDAs and notebooks.






17. An XML-based format that allows frequent updates of content on the World Wide Web.






18. A computer that hosts the Web site that is being requested






19. A high-speed Internet connection such as cable - satellite - or digital subscriber line (DSL).






20. The broadcast of audio or video content over the Internet. Unlike a podcast - a webcast is not updated automatically.






21. A keyword or term that Internet users assign to a Web resource such as a Web page - digital image - or video.






22. An online game in which play occurs among hundreds or thousands of other players over the Internet in a persistent or ever-on game environment. In some games - players can interact with other players through trading - chatting - or playing cooperativ






23. A communication device that works to translate digital data into an analog signal and back again.






24. The protocol that allows files to be transferred from a Web server so that you can see them on your computer by using a browser.






25. Devices that fit either into a USB port or a special slot on the side of a notebook.






26. A network of networks that is the largest network in the world - connecting millions of computers from more than one hundred countries.






27. The general rules of etiquette for Internet chat rooms and other online communication.






28. An online game in which play occurs among hundreds or thousands of other players over the Internet in a persistent or ever-on game environment. In some games - players can interact with other players through trading - chatting - or playing cooperativ






29. Is a wildcard or placeholder feature that is helpful when you need to search with unknown terms.






30. A plug-in that views and prints Portable Document Format files is __________.






31. The main pathway used by data traffic on the Internet






32. A means by which people use the Internet to communicate and share information among their immediate friends - and meet and connect with others through common interests - experiences - and friends.






33. The main or opening page of a Web site.






34. A program that enables users to communicate online in real time with others who are also online.






35. Top-level domain is reserved for the military






36. A location on the Web.






37. The maximum speed at which data can be transmitted between two nodes on a network; usually measured in megabits per second (Mbps).






38. Internet-based communication in which senders and recipients correspond.






39. A computer that requests information from a server in a client/server network (such as your computer when you are connected to the Internet).






40. A set of programs that searches the Web for specific words (or keywords) you wish to query (or look for) and then returns a list of the Web sites on which those keywords are found.






41. A bookmark that delivers updates to you as soon as they become available - using Really Simple Syndication (RSS).






42. The process of conducting business online for purposes ranging from fund-raising to advertising to selling products.






43. A _____________ is a list of pages within a Web site that have been visited.






44. The first 'internet' was a U.S. government-funded 'internet working' project named __________.






45. Largest computer network in the world






46. The maximum speed of DSL is __________ Mbps.






47. A computer that provides resources to other computers on a network.






48. A feature in some browsers that places a marker of a Web site's Uniform Resource Locator (URL) in an easily retrievable list. (Bookmarks are called Favorites in Microsoft Internet Explorer.)






49. The portion of a domain name that identifies who maintains a given Web site. For example - berkeley.edu is the domain name for the University of California at Berkeley - which maintains that site.






50. Plays animation and movies through Web browsers