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Technology In Action

Subjects : it-skills, literacy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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.






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






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






4. Software installed on a computer system that allows individuals to locate - view - and navigate the Web.






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






6. A popular open source browser software






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






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






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






10. E-commerce transactions between businesses and consumers.






11. 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






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






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






14. 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.






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






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






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






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






19. Plays animation and movies through Web browsers






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






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






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






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






24. Top-level domain is reserved for the military






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






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






27. E-commerce transactions between businesses.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. 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.






44. 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.






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






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






47. The maximum speed of DSL is __________ Mbps.






48. Measurement of how fast data travels between computers






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






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







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