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Technology In Action
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A social networking service
Web 2.0
Web server
Facebook
bookmark
2. Technology that enables audio files to be fed to a browser continuously. This lets users avoid having to download an entire file before listening.
Internet
streaming audio
digital subscriber line (DSL)
True
3. A software program that goes out and grabs the latest update of Web material (usually podcasts) according to your specifications.
aggregator
spider
consumer to consumer
social bookmark (tag)
4. A program that enables users to communicate online in real time with others who are also online.
instant messaging (IM)
Satellite
massive multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPG)
Boolean operator
5. A type of Web site that allows anyone visiting the site to change its content by adding - removing - or editing the content.
home page
e-mail client
Facebook
wiki
6. The broadcast of audio or video content over the Internet. Unlike a podcast - a webcast is not updated automatically.
podcast
wiki
webcast
RSS
7. 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
social networking
consumer-to-consumer (C2C)
Fiber-Optic Service (FiOS)
World Wide Web (WWW or the Web)
8. A high-speed Internet connection such as cable - satellite - or digital subscriber line (DSL).
aggregator
streaming video
social networking
broadband
9. A computer that requests information from a server in a client/server network (such as your computer when you are connected to the Internet).
client/server network
spider
client
path (subdirectory)
10. A list that shows the hierarchy of previously viewed Web pages within the Web site that you are currently visiting. Shown at the top of some Web pages - it aids Web site navigation.
True
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
multimedia
breadcrumb list
11. The maximum speed of DSL is __________ Mbps.
RSS
7
e-commerce (electric commerce)
Internet
12. E-commerce transactions between businesses.
instant messaging (IM)
consumer-to-consumer (C2C)
Adobe Reader
business-to-business (B2B)
13. A metasearch engine - such as Dogpile - searches other search engines rather than individual Web sites.
live bookmark
asterisk
metasearch engine
chat room
14. Walmart.com is an example of this type of web site
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
business to consumer
bookmark
blog
15. A word used to refine logical searches. For Internet searches - the words AND - NOT - and OR describe the relationships between keywords in the search.
Boolean operator
host
7
instant messaging (IM)
16. 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
HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
asterisk
Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
multiplayer online game
17. Technology that enables video files to be fed to a browser continuously. This lets users avoid having to download the entire file before viewing.
social networking
multiplayer online game
wiki
streaming video
18. Tools and Web-based services that emphasize online collaboration and sharing among users.
asterisk
instant messaging (IM)
Satellite
Web 2.0
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.
large-scale networking (LSN)
256 Kbps or more
Fiber-Optic Service (FiOS)
host
20. Software that enables a user to display and interact with text and other media on the Web
web browser
Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
wiki
RSS
21. 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.)
wiki
bookmark
massive multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPG)
keyword
22. The main pathway used by data traffic on the Internet
Web server
internet backbone
e-mail client
wiki
23. A protocol for sending data between computers on the Internet.
Web site
hyperlink
Internet Protocol (IP)
Web server
24. To access the Internet - your computer is assigned a unique identification number called a(n) __________
True
Spider - indexer program - and search engine software
server
IP address
25. A network of networks that is the largest network in the world - connecting millions of computers from more than one hundred countries.
email clients
Internet
video log
business to consumer
26. 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.
Web server
7
chat room
multiplayer online game
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
Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
path (subdirectory)
multiplayer online game
video log
28. A weblog is a personal log or journal posted on the web.
dial-up modem
e-commerce (electric commerce)
blog
e-mail client
29. An XML-based format that allows frequent updates of content on the World Wide Web.
dial-up connection
.mil
Satellite
Really Simple Syndication (RSS) technology
30. E-commerce transactions between businesses and consumers.
Web browser (browser)
digital subscriber line (DSL)
False
business-to-consumer (B2C)
31. The average speed of DSL is __________ Mbps.
Web server
1.5
video log (vlog or video blog)
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
32. A plug-in that views and prints Portable Document Format files is __________.
streaming video
Adobe Reader
social bookmark (tag)
large-scale networking (LSN)
33. __________ is an XML-based format that facilitates the delivery of frequent content updates on Web pages.
podcast
RSS
satellite Internet
Really Simple Syndication (RSS) technology
34. A _____________ is a list of pages within a Web site that have been visited.
network interface card (NIC)
plug-in (player)
breadcrumb trail
home page
35. A gaming environment in which thousands of participants interact in a virtual game world by assuming roles of fictitious characters.
asterisk
server
massive multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPG)
dial-up connection
36. 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.
hyperlink
web browser
Facebook
webcast
37. A __________ is a structured outline of Web sites organized by topics and sub topics.
chat room
subject directory
hyperlink
Internet
38. A connection to the Internet using a standard telephone line.
Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
ARPANET
Boolean operator
dial-up connection
39. (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.
keyword
breadcrumb trail
hyperlink
Favorites
40. A program that constantly collects information on the Web - following links in Web sites and reading Web pages. Spiders get their name because they crawl over the Web using multiple 'legs' to visit many sites simultaneously.
spider
data transfer rate (bandwidth)
Facebook
256 Kbps or more
41. A computer running a specialized operating system that enables it to host Web pages (and other information) and provide requested Web pages to clients.
bookmark
client
Web server
aggregator
42. 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.
plug-in (player)
7
podcast
search engine
43. E-commerce transactions between consumers through online sites such as eBay.com.
dial-up connection
social networking
consumer-to-consumer (C2C)
Facebook
44. A small software program that 'plugs in' to a Web browser to enable a specific function
plug-in (player)
podcast
Internet Protocol (IP)
social networking
45. A Web site's unique address; an example is microsoft.com.
True
Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
metasearch engine
ARPANET
46. Internet access that is enabled by transmitting data at the speed of light through glass or plastic fibers.
Fiber-Optic Service (FiOS)
dial-up connection
blog
Facebook
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
HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
podcast
Really Simple Syndication (RSS) technology
data transfer rate
48. _________ broadband is primarily used in rural or mountain areas where other broadband service is unavailable.
Internet
Satellite
client
keyword
49. The suffix - often of three letters - in the domain name (such as .com or .edu) that indicates the kind of organization the host is.
top-level domain (TLD)
home page
newsgroup
digital subscriber line (DSL)
50. A location on the Web.
Web site
consumer to consumer
HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
streaming audio