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Technology In Action

Subjects : it-skills, literacy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






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






3. 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.






4. The three parts of a search engine?






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






6. E-commerce transactions between businesses.






7. Which of the following is NOT an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client application? Trillion Pidgin Facebook XChat






8. A protocol for sending data between computers on the Internet.






9. 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






10. The information after the slash indicates a particular file or path (or subdirectory) within the Web site.






11. 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.






12. A type of Web site that allows anyone visiting the site to change its content by adding - removing - or editing the content.






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






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






15. Plays animation and movies through Web browsers






16. 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.






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






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






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






20. 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.






21. 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






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






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






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






25. The maximum speed of DSL is __________ Mbps.






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






27. Also known as tagging






28. Top-level domain is reserved for the military






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






30. The average speed of DSL is __________ Mbps.






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






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






33. 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)






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






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






36. 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






37. A small software program that 'plugs in' to a Web browser to enable a specific function






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






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






40. A personal journal that uses video as the primary content - and the most popular of these is YouTube






41. It can actually be safer to use your credit card online than in a traditional retail store because it eliminates the human factor from the equation. True or False






42. Largest computer network in the world






43. (1) A specific word a user wishes to query (or look for) in an Internet search. (2) A specific word that has a predefined meaning in a particular programming language.






44. _________ broadband is primarily used in rural or mountain areas where other broadband service is unavailable.






45. A Web site's unique address; an example is microsoft.com.






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






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






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






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






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