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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 social networking service






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






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






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






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






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






7. 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






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






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






10. 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.






11. The maximum speed of DSL is __________ Mbps.






12. E-commerce transactions between businesses.






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






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






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






16. 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






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






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






19. 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.






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






21. 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.)






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






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






24. To access the Internet - your computer is assigned a unique identification number called a(n) __________






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






26. 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.






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






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






30. E-commerce transactions between businesses and consumers.






31. The average speed of DSL is __________ Mbps.






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






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






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






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






36. A type of specially coded text that - when clicked - enables a user to jump from one location - or Web page - to another within a Web site or to another Web site altogether.






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






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






39. (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.






40. 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.






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






42. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. A location on the Web.