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






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






3. E-commerce transactions between consumers through online sites such as eBay.com.






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






5. Top-level domain is reserved for the military






6. A type of broadband Internet connection that uses a television's cable service provider to connect to the Internet.






7. A personal online journal that uses video as the primary content in addition to text - images - and audio.






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






9. 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.






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






11. Technology that enables video files to be fed to a browser continuously. This lets users avoid having to download the entire file before viewing.






12. A structured outline of Web sites organized by topics and subtopics.






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






14. A method of communication - similar to a discussion group or forum - in which people create threads - or conversations. In a thread - a newsgroup member will post messages and read and reply to messages from other members of the newsgroup.






15. A software program that goes out and grabs the latest update of Web material (usually podcasts) according to your specifications.






16. A part of a Uniform Resource Locator (URL). Domain names consist of two parts: the site's host and a suffix that indicates the type of organization. (Example: popsci.com)






17. 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






18. Software programs that access your Internet service provider - which acts like an electronic post office






19. To access the Internet - your computer is assigned a unique identification number called a(n) __________






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






21. A network - consisting of client and server computers - in which the clients make requests of the server and the server returns the response.






22. The suffix - often of three letters - in the domain name (such as .com or .edu) that indicates the kind of organization the host is.






23. A device that converts (modulates) the digital signals the computer understands to analog signals that can travel over phone lines. The computer on the other end also must have a modem to translate (demodulate) the received analog signal back to a di






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






25. E-commerce transactions between businesses.






26. 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






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






28. Internet access that is enabled by transmitting data at the speed of light through glass or plastic fibers.






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






30. 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.)






31. A computer running a specialized operating system that enables it to host Web pages (and other information) and provide requested Web pages to clients.






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






33. 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.






34. 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.






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






36. The part of the Internet used the most. What distinguishes the Web from the rest of the Internet are (1) its use of common communication protocols (such as Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol - or TCP/IP) and special languages (such as th






37. 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.






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






39. A broadband connection has a transmission speed of __________.






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






41. Software that enables a user to display and interact with text and other media on the Web






42. Technology that enables audio files to be fed to a browser continuously. This lets users avoid having to download an entire file before listening.






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






44. A word used to refine logical searches. For Internet searches - the words AND - NOT - and OR describe the relationships between keywords in the search.






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






46. Measurement of how fast data travels between computers






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






48. Largest computer network in the world






49. A metasearch engine - such as Dogpile - searches other search engines rather than individual Web sites.






50. A social networking service