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Technology In Action

Subjects : it-skills, literacy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A plug-in that views and prints Portable Document Format files is __________.






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






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






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






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






6. 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






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






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






9. Largest computer network in the world






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






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






12. A social networking service






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






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






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






16. A popular open source browser software






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






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






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






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






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






22. The 's' at the end of https






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






24. E-commerce transactions between businesses and consumers.






25. 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.






26. The maximum speed of DSL is __________ Mbps.






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






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






29. Plays animation and movies through Web browsers






30. (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.






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






32. 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.






33. Also known as tagging






34. A means by which people use the Internet to communicate and share information among their immediate friends - and meet and connect with others through common interests - experiences - and friends.






35. Measurement of how fast data travels between computers






36. 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.






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






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






39. E-mail communications are private. True or False.






40. 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.)






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






42. A means of synchronous group communication used in discussion forums.






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






44. An XML-based format that allows frequent updates of content on the World Wide Web.






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






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






47. The three parts of a search engine?






48. 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.






49. 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






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