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Technology In Action

Subjects : it-skills, literacy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An expansion card that enables a computer to connect other computers or to a cable modem to facilitate a high-speed Internet connection.






2. Walmart.com is an example of this type of web site






3. 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.






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






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






6. Ebay is an example fo this type of web site






7. __________ is an XML-based format that facilitates the delivery of frequent content updates on Web pages.






8. Plays animation and movies through Web browsers






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. The three parts of a search engine?






16. A popular open source browser software






17. E-commerce transactions between businesses.






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






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






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






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






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






23. A software program that runs on a computer and is used to send and receive e-mail through the ISP's server.






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






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






26. E-commerce transactions between businesses and consumers.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. 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.






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






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






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






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






42. 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.






43. Measurement of how fast data travels between computers






44. Also known as tagging






45. Largest computer network in the world






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






47. 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.






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






49. 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






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