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Technology In Action

Subjects : it-skills, literacy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. E-commerce transactions between businesses and consumers.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. All the following are parts of a URL EXCEPT __________. hyperlink; protocol; domain name; path






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






12. 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.






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






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






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






16. A software program that goes out and grabs the latest update of Web material (usually podcasts) according to your specifications.






17. An expansion card that enables a computer to connect other computers or to a cable modem to facilitate a high-speed Internet connection.






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






19. 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.






20. 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)






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






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






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






24. An area on the Web where people come together to communicate online. The conversations are in real time and are visible to everyone in the chat room.






25. 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.






26. A weblog is a personal log or journal posted on the web.






27. 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






28. A location on the Web.






29. Plays animation and movies through Web browsers






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






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






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






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






34. 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






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






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






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






38. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. 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






47. (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.






48. 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






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






50. The three parts of a search engine?






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