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






2. 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.






3. A part of a Uniform Resource Locator (URL). Domain names consist of two parts: the site's host and a suffix that indicates the type of organization. (Example: popsci.com)






4. The average speed of DSL is __________ Mbps.






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






6. Top-level domain is reserved for the military






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. A protocol used to upload and download files from one computer to another over the Internet.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. A popular open source browser software






29. (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.






30. 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.






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






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






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






34. Largest computer network in the world






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






36. Also known as tagging






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






38. 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.






39. 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






40. The three parts of a search engine?






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






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






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






44. 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.






45. All the following are parts of a URL EXCEPT __________. hyperlink; protocol; domain name; path






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






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






48. 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.






49. 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.






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