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Technology In Action

Subjects : it-skills, literacy
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1. Largest computer network in the world






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






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






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






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. 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






8. The first 'internet' was a U.S. government-funded 'internet working' project named __________.






9. The maximum speed of DSL is __________ Mbps.






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






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






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






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






14. 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.






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






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






17. 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.






18. 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.)






19. The 's' at the end of https






20. 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






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






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






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






24. A bookmark that delivers updates to you as soon as they become available - using Really Simple Syndication (RSS).






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






26. 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.






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






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






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






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






32. Also known as tagging






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






34. Measurement of how fast data travels between computers






35. E-commerce transactions between businesses.






36. A social networking service






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






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






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






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






41. Top-level domain is reserved for the military






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






43. Software installed on a computer system that allows individuals to locate - view - and navigate the Web.






44. 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)






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






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






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






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






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






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







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