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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. 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






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 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.






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






5. Plays animation and movies through Web browsers






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






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






8. 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.






9. A popular open source browser software






10. The three parts of a search engine?






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






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






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






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






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






16. 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.






17. 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






18. 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






19. A social networking service






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






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






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






23. 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






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






25. A device that enables users to have wireless Internet access with mobile devices such as PDAs and notebooks.






26. The average speed of DSL is __________ Mbps.






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






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






29. 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.)






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






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






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






33. E-commerce transactions between businesses and consumers.






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






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






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






37. Measurement of how fast data travels between computers






38. Top-level domain is reserved for the military






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






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






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






42. (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.






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






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






45. Also known as tagging






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






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






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






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






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