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






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






3. Plays animation and movies through Web browsers






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






5. 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.






6. 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.






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






8. 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.)






9. 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.






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






11. 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.






12. 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.






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






14. Largest computer network in the world






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






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






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






18. Measurement of how fast data travels between computers






19. Top-level domain is reserved for the military






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






21. The average speed of DSL is __________ Mbps.






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. (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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. 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






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






44. 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.






45. The 's' at the end of https






46. A social networking service






47. A popular open source browser software






48. E-commerce transactions between businesses and consumers.






49. 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






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