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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 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.






2. A computer that hosts the Web site that is being requested






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






4. A social networking service






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






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






7. 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






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






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






10. 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.






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






12. A popular open source browser software






13. E-commerce transactions between businesses and consumers.






14. 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.






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






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






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






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






19. The main pathway used by data traffic on the Internet






20. 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.)






21. Largest computer network in the world






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






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






24. The 's' at the end of https






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






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






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






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






29. A clip of audio or video content that is broadcast over the Internet using compressed audio and video files such as MP3s and MP4s






30. 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 -






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






32. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. The three parts of a search engine?






43. The maximum speed of DSL is __________ Mbps.






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






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






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






47. 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.






48. Plays animation and movies through Web browsers






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






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