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Technology In Action

Subjects : it-skills, literacy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Means by which people use the Internet to communicate and share information and meet and connect with others of common interest






2. A popular open source browser software






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






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






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






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






7. 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






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






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






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






11. A method of communication - similar to a discussion group or forum - in which people create threads - or conversations. In a thread - a newsgroup member will post messages and read and reply to messages from other members of the newsgroup.






12. 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)






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






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






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






16. A location on the Web.






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






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






19. The main pathway of high-speed communications lines over which all Internet traffic flows.






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






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






22. Also known as tagging






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






24. 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.






25. Largest computer network in the world






26. 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 -






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






28. 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.






29. Software that enables a user to display and interact with text and other media on the Web






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






31. E-commerce transactions between businesses and consumers.






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






33. 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






34. 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.






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






36. Is a wildcard or placeholder feature that is helpful when you need to search with unknown terms.






37. 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.






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






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






40. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. 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.






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