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1. A gaming environment in which thousands of participants interact in a virtual game world by assuming roles of fictitious characters.
client/server network
massive multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPG)
dial-up connection
breadcrumb trail
2. A software program that goes out and grabs the latest update of Web material (usually podcasts) according to your specifications.
ARPANET
aggregator
client/server network
Web 2.0
3. A weblog is a personal log or journal posted on the web.
social bookmark (tag)
search engine
blog
spider
4. A program that enables users to communicate online in real time with others who are also online.
instant messaging (IM)
flash player
social networking
search engine
5. _________ broadband is primarily used in rural or mountain areas where other broadband service is unavailable.
data transfer rate (bandwidth)
Satellite
Web server
web server
6. A broadband connection has a transmission speed of __________.
data transfer rate (bandwidth)
IP address
256 Kbps or more
Express card slot (PC card slot)
7. The 's' at the end of https
streaming audio
wiki
Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
secure sockets layer
8. The average speed of DSL is __________ Mbps.
1.5
bookmark
Firefox
business-to-business (B2B)
9. 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.
aircard
ARPANET
business-to-consumer (B2C)
hyperlink
10. A personal online journal that uses video as the primary content in addition to text - images - and audio.
video log (vlog or video blog)
broadband
7
Web browser (browser)
11. A means of synchronous group communication used in discussion forums.
search engine
Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
Web browser (browser)
Satellite
12. A program created by the U.S. government - the objective of which is to fund the research and development of cutting-edge networking technologies. Major goals of the program are the development of enhanced wireless technologies and increased network
modem
large-scale networking (LSN)
1.5
dial-up connection
13. A bookmark that delivers updates to you as soon as they become available - using Really Simple Syndication (RSS).
live bookmark
host
Fiber-Optic Service (FiOS)
network interface card (NIC)
14. Internet access that is enabled by transmitting data at the speed of light through glass or plastic fibers.
hyperlink
Fiber-Optic Service (FiOS)
consumer-to-consumer (C2C)
broadband
15. Also known as tagging
Internet
social bookmarking
Internet backbone
live bookmark
16. A list that shows the hierarchy of previously viewed Web pages within the Web site that you are currently visiting. Shown at the top of some Web pages - it aids Web site navigation.
aggregator
web browser
asterisk
breadcrumb list
17. 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.
search engine
instant messaging (IM)
live bookmark
multiplayer online game
18. Which of the following is NOT an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client application? Trillion Pidgin Facebook XChat
e-mail client
World Wide Web (WWW or the Web)
Web 2.0
Facebook
19. A computer that hosts the Web site that is being requested
cable
web server
consumer-to-consumer (C2C)
social bookmark (tag)
20. 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.
secure sockets layer
False
digital subscriber line (DSL)
Really Simple Syndication (RSS) technology
21. A social networking service
plug-in (player)
streaming audio
7
Facebook
22. The general rules of etiquette for Internet chat rooms and other online communication.
netiquette
Web server
HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
Web site
23. Plays animation and movies through Web browsers
Internet
False
bookmark
flash player
24. The main pathway of high-speed communications lines over which all Internet traffic flows.
Boolean operator
consumer to consumer
Internet backbone
spider
25. The three parts of a search engine?
Spider - indexer program - and search engine software
dial-up modem
video log
spider
26. A type of Web site that allows anyone visiting the site to change its content by adding - removing - or editing the content.
Internet Protocol (IP)
social bookmarking
wiki
video log
27. Technology that enables video files to be fed to a browser continuously. This lets users avoid having to download the entire file before viewing.
hyperlink
blog
streaming video
home page
28. 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.
host
flash player
1.5
Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
29. All the following are parts of a URL EXCEPT __________. hyperlink; protocol; domain name; path
hyperlink
7
dial-up modem
keyword
30. A network of networks that is the largest network in the world - connecting millions of computers from more than one hundred countries.
instant messaging (IM)
secure sockets layer
dial-up modem
Internet
31. 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
netiquette
hyperlink
podcast
multiplayer online game
32. Technology that enables audio files to be fed to a browser continuously. This lets users avoid having to download an entire file before listening.
streaming audio
Web 2.0
hyperlink
social bookmark (tag)
33. The maximum speed of DSL is __________ Mbps.
metasearch engine
True
top-level domain (TLD)
7
34. Measurement of how fast data travels between computers
digital subscriber line (DSL)
secure sockets layer
Spider - indexer program - and search engine software
data transfer rate
35. A metasearch engine - such as Dogpile - searches other search engines rather than individual Web sites.
breadcrumb list
hyperlink
modem
metasearch engine
36. Devices that fit either into a USB port or a special slot on the side of a notebook.
spider
aircard
True
Express card slot (PC card slot)
37. Ebay is an example fo this type of web site
consumer to consumer
social networking
satellite Internet
Web server
38. A _____________ is a list of pages within a Web site that have been visited.
network interface card (NIC)
Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
World Wide Web (WWW or the Web)
breadcrumb trail
39. 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.)
podcast
bookmark
subject directory
subject directory
40. Anything that involves one or more forms of media plus text.
client/server network
satellite Internet
multimedia
live bookmark
41. A protocol for sending data between computers on the Internet.
metasearch engine
Internet Protocol (IP)
host
bookmark
42. E-commerce transactions between consumers through online sites such as eBay.com.
256 Kbps or more
asterisk
ARPANET
consumer-to-consumer (C2C)
43. The suffix - often of three letters - in the domain name (such as .com or .edu) that indicates the kind of organization the host is.
top-level domain (TLD)
client/server network
home page
RSS
44. A personal journal that uses video as the primary content - and the most popular of these is YouTube
video log
streaming audio
search engine
Internet Protocol (IP)
45. A computer that provides resources to other computers on a network.
server
domain name
True
Facebook
46. E-commerce transactions between businesses and consumers.
7
RSS
network interface card (NIC)
business-to-consumer (B2C)
47. Top-level domain is reserved for the military
dial-up connection
.mil
World Wide Web (WWW or the Web)
web browser
48. A structured outline of Web sites organized by topics and subtopics.
chat room
subject directory
.mil
Spider - indexer program - and search engine software
49. A communication device that works to translate digital data into an analog signal and back again.
modem
digital subscriber line (DSL)
Web browser (browser)
flash player
50. The process of conducting business online for purposes ranging from fund-raising to advertising to selling products.
Spider - indexer program - and search engine software
Adobe Reader
subject directory
e-commerce (electric commerce)
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