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Technology In Action

Subjects : it-skills, literacy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The main pathway of high-speed communications lines over which all Internet traffic flows.






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






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






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






5. 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.






6. 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.






7. 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.






8. 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






9. 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.)






10. The three parts of a search engine?






11. 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.






12. 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.






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






14. A word used to refine logical searches. For Internet searches - the words AND - NOT - and OR describe the relationships between keywords in the search.






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






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






17. The protocol that allows files to be transferred from a Web server so that you can see them on your computer by using a browser.






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






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






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






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






22. (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.






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






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






25. Also known as tagging






26. A location on the Web.






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






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






29. 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






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. 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






32. 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.)






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






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






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






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






37. _________ broadband is primarily used in rural or mountain areas where other broadband service is unavailable.






38. E-commerce transactions between businesses and consumers.






39. E-commerce transactions between businesses.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. Top-level domain is reserved for the military






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






50. A popular open source browser software