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Technology In Action

Subjects : it-skills, literacy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A Web site's unique address; an example is microsoft.com.






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






3. E-commerce transactions between businesses.






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






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






6. It can actually be safer to use your credit card online than in a traditional retail store because it eliminates the human factor from the equation. True or False






7. 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.






8. Top-level domain is reserved for the military






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






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






11. 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)






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






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






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. The three parts of a search engine?






16. 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.






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






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






19. 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 -






20. 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






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






22. A bookmark that delivers updates to you as soon as they become available - using Really Simple Syndication (RSS).






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






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






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






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






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






29. 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






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






31. 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.






32. A social networking service






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






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






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






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






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






38. The average speed of DSL is __________ Mbps.






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






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






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






42. Plays animation and movies through Web browsers






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






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






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






46. A type of Web site that allows users to change its content by adding - removing - or editing the content






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






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






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






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