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






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






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






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






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






6. E-commerce transactions between businesses and consumers.






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






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






9. 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.)






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






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






12. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






18. 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






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






20. The 's' at the end of https






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






22. 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.






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






24. E-commerce transactions between businesses.






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






26. 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






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






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






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






30. A popular open source browser software






31. 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.






32. 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.






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






34. 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)






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






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






37. The three parts of a search engine?






38. 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






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






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






41. Measurement of how fast data travels between computers






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






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






44. 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.






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






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






47. 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.






48. Top-level domain is reserved for the military






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






50. Largest computer network in the world