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Technology In Action

Subjects : it-skills, literacy
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1. 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)






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






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






4. A software program that runs on a computer and is used to send and receive e-mail through the ISP's server.






5. 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.






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






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






8. 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.






9. Top-level domain is reserved for the military






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






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






12. A personal online journal that uses video as the primary content in addition to text - images - and audio.






13. 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.






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






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






16. The average speed of DSL is __________ Mbps.






17. Tools and Web-based services that emphasize online collaboration and sharing among users.






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






19. A location on the Web.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. The maximum speed of DSL is __________ Mbps.






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






29. The 's' at the end of https






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






31. The three parts of a search engine?






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 protocol for sending data between computers on the Internet.






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






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






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






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






38. 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.






39. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. A broadband connection has a transmission speed of __________.






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






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






49. 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.)






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







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