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Technology In Action

Subjects : it-skills, literacy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Also known as tagging






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






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






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






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






6. The maximum speed of DSL is __________ Mbps.






7. 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.






8. The general rules of etiquette for Internet chat rooms and other online communication.






9. 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.)






10. 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.






11. 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.






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






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






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






15. A location on the Web.






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






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






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






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






20. 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






21. 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






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






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






24. 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






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






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






27. 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.






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






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






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






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






32. 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.






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






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






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






36. 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.






37. 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.






38. 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.)






39. Plays animation and movies through Web browsers






40. The three parts of a search engine?






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






42. A popular open source browser software






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






44. 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.






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






46. A clip of audio or video content that is broadcast over the Internet using compressed audio or video files in formats such as MP3.






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






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






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






50. Measurement of how fast data travels between computers