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Technology In Action

Subjects : it-skills, literacy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A word used to refine logical searches. For Internet searches - the words AND - NOT - and OR describe the relationships between keywords in the search.






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






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






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






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






6. 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 -






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






8. E-commerce transactions between businesses.






9. Largest computer network in the world






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. A popular open source browser software






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






18. Most browsers now offer tabbed browsing - which allows for convenient navigation.






19. 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.)






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






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






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






23. (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.






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






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






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






27. 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






28. 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.






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






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






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






32. E-commerce transactions between businesses and consumers.






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. 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






40. 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






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






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






43. A location on the Web.






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






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






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






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






48. 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.






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






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