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Technology In Action

Subjects : it-skills, literacy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A personal journal that uses video as the primary content - and the most popular of these is YouTube






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






3. The three parts of a search engine?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. (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.






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






13. A software program that runs on a computer and is used to send and receive e-mail through the ISP's server.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. 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)






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






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






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






25. Also known as tagging






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






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






28. 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.)






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






30. 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






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






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






33. A program created by the U.S. government - the objective of which is to fund the research and development of cutting-edge networking technologies. Major goals of the program are the development of enhanced wireless technologies and increased network






34. 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.






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






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






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






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






39. 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.






40. 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.






41. 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.






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






43. Plays animation and movies through Web browsers






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






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






46. Measurement of how fast data travels between computers






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






48. The average speed of DSL is __________ Mbps.






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






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