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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 connection to the Internet using a standard telephone line.






2. A social networking service






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






4. Also known as tagging






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






6. The maximum speed of DSL is __________ Mbps.






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






8. E-commerce transactions between businesses and consumers.






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






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






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






12. Measurement of how fast data travels between computers






13. 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.)






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






15. 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)






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






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






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






19. A popular open source browser software






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






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






22. 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






23. 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






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






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






26. 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






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






28. A way to connect to the Internet using a small satellite dish - which is placed outside the home and is connected to a computer with coaxial cable. The satellite company then sends the data to a satellite orbiting the Earth. The satellite - in turn -






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






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






31. A location on the Web.






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






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






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






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






36. E-commerce transactions between businesses.






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






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






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






40. 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.






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






42. Largest computer network in the world






43. 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.






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






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






46. 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.






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






48. Internet access that is enabled by transmitting data at the speed of light through glass or plastic fibers.






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