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Technology In Action

Subjects : it-skills, literacy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The information after the slash indicates a particular file or path (or subdirectory) within the Web site.






2. 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






3. Top-level domain is reserved for the military






4. 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.






5. A way to connect to the Internet using a small satellite dish - which is placed outside the home and is connected to a computer with coaxial cable. The satellite company then sends the data to a satellite orbiting the Earth. The satellite - in turn -






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






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






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






9. Means by which people use the Internet to communicate and share information and meet and connect with others of common interest






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






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






12. (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.






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. Seeing the VeriSign seal is a guarantee that a Web site is secure. True or False






15. A connection to the Internet using a standard telephone line.






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






17. Also known as tagging






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. 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.)






25. A location on the Web.






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






27. 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.






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






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






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






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






32. 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






33. 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.






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






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






36. Measurement of how fast data travels between computers






37. 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






38. 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)






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






40. A popular open source browser software






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






42. 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.)






43. A social networking service






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






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






46. A gaming environment in which thousands of participants interact in a virtual game world by assuming roles of fictitious characters.






47. A type of specially coded text that - when clicked - enables a user to jump from one location - or Web page - to another within a Web site or to another Web site altogether.






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






49. Most browsers now offer tabbed browsing - which allows for convenient navigation.






50. Anything that involves one or more forms of media plus text.