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Technology In Action

Subjects : it-skills, literacy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A network - consisting of client and server computers - in which the clients make requests of the server and the server returns the response.






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






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






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






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






6. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. E-commerce transactions between businesses and consumers.






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






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






17. Plays animation and movies through Web browsers






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






19. 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.






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






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






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






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






24. A type of specially coded text that - when clicked - enables a user to jump from one location - or Web page - to another within a Web site or to another Web site altogether.






25. 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.






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






27. The general rules of etiquette for Internet chat rooms and other online communication.






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






29. Top-level domain is reserved for the military






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






31. 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.






32. A social networking service






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






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






35. 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






36. 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.)






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






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






39. Measurement of how fast data travels between computers






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






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






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






43. The average speed of DSL is __________ Mbps.






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






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






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






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






48. Also known as tagging






49. 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.






50. 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