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Technology In Action

Subjects : it-skills, literacy
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1. All the following are parts of a URL EXCEPT __________. hyperlink; protocol; domain name; path






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






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






4. 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.)






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






6. A social networking service






7. E-commerce transactions between businesses and consumers.






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






9. Measurement of how fast data travels between computers






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






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






12. 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.






13. Plays animation and movies through Web browsers






14. A protocol for sending data between computers on the Internet.






15. Also known as tagging






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






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






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






19. 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






20. 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.






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






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






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






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






25. 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 -






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






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






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






29. Seeing the VeriSign seal is a guarantee that a Web site is secure. True or False






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






31. 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.)






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. 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






39. 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)






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






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






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






43. 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.






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






45. 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.






46. __________ is an XML-based format that facilitates the delivery of frequent content updates on Web pages.






47. A protocol used to upload and download files from one computer to another over the Internet.






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






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






50. 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.






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