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Technology In Action

Subjects : it-skills, literacy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A metasearch engine - such as Dogpile - searches other search engines rather than individual Web sites.






2. A popular open source browser software






3. A social networking service






4. 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.






5. The 's' at the end of https






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






7. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. 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.






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






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






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






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






21. A feature in Microsoft Internet Explorer that places a marker of a Web site's Uniform Resource Locator (URL) in an easily retrievable list in the browser's toolbar. (Called Bookmarks in some browsers.)






22. Also known as tagging






23. (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.






24. Measurement of how fast data travels between computers






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






26. The maximum speed of DSL is __________ Mbps.






27. A location on the Web.






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. The main or opening page of a Web site.






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






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






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






33. A personal online journal that uses video as the primary content in addition to text - images - and audio.






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






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






36. A computer that requests information from a server in a client/server network (such as your computer when you are connected to the Internet).






37. The protocol that allows files to be transferred from a Web server so that you can see them on your computer by using a browser.






38. A computer running a specialized operating system that enables it to host Web pages (and other information) and provide requested Web pages to clients.






39. 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






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






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






42. It can actually be safer to use your credit card online than in a traditional retail store because it eliminates the human factor from the equation. True or False






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






44. The three parts of a search engine?






45. A computer that hosts the Web site that is being requested






46. 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.






47. 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.






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






49. Top-level domain is reserved for the military






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