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






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






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






4. 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.)






5. 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.






6. A metasearch engine - such as Dogpile - searches other search engines rather than individual Web sites.






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






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






9. E-commerce transactions between businesses.






10. 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.)






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






12. Tools and Web-based services that emphasize online collaboration and sharing among users.






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






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






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






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






17. 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.






18. 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.






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






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






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






22. Largest computer network in the world






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






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






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






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






27. A location on the Web.






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






29. The main pathway of high-speed communications lines over which all Internet traffic flows.






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. 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.






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






33. A gaming environment in which thousands of participants interact in a virtual game world by assuming roles of fictitious characters.






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






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






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






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






39. The maximum speed of DSL is __________ Mbps.






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






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






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






43. 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.






44. E-commerce transactions between businesses and consumers.






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






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






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






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






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






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