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1. Anything that involves one or more forms of media plus text.
digital subscriber line (DSL)
large-scale networking (LSN)
massive multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPG)
multimedia
2. A location on the Web.
World Wide Web (WWW or the Web)
256 Kbps or more
consumer-to-consumer (C2C)
Web site
3. Software installed on a computer system that allows individuals to locate - view - and navigate the Web.
Web browser (browser)
Facebook
dial-up connection
Firefox
4. A metasearch engine - such as Dogpile - searches other search engines rather than individual Web sites.
e-commerce (electric commerce)
search engine
wiki
metasearch engine
5. The process of conducting business online for purposes ranging from fund-raising to advertising to selling products.
e-commerce (electric commerce)
dial-up connection
streaming video
wiki
6. A plug-in that views and prints Portable Document Format files is __________.
RSS
consumer-to-consumer (C2C)
top-level domain (TLD)
Adobe Reader
7. The 's' at the end of https
webcast
Web browser (browser)
secure sockets layer
domain name
8. Plays animation and movies through Web browsers
flash player
server
Internet Protocol (IP)
True
9. 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.
host
cable
Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
aggregator
10. 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.
streaming video
business to consumer
massive multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPG)
search engine
11. A means of synchronous group communication used in discussion forums.
broadband
modem
Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
podcast
12. Technology that enables audio files to be fed to a browser continuously. This lets users avoid having to download an entire file before listening.
podcast
large-scale networking (LSN)
streaming audio
internet backbone
13. Means by which people use the Internet to communicate and share information and meet and connect with others of common interest
Firefox
subject directory
social networking
hyperlink
14. E-mail communications are private. True or False.
False
consumer to consumer
dial-up modem
Boolean operator
15. A gaming environment in which thousands of participants interact in a virtual game world by assuming roles of fictitious characters.
podcast
e-mail (electronic mail)
massive multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPG)
business-to-business (B2B)
16. E-commerce transactions between consumers through online sites such as eBay.com.
streaming video
Spider - indexer program - and search engine software
consumer-to-consumer (C2C)
massive multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPG)
17. A structured outline of Web sites organized by topics and subtopics.
subject directory
metasearch engine
Web 2.0
modem
18. The average speed of DSL is __________ Mbps.
subject directory
Really Simple Syndication (RSS) technology
1.5
Boolean operator
19. A clip of audio or video content that is broadcast over the Internet using compressed audio and video files such as MP3s and MP4s
podcast
data transfer rate
True
keyword
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.
HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
bookmark
consumer-to-consumer (C2C)
Internet
21. A computer that hosts the Web site that is being requested
large-scale networking (LSN)
Facebook
web server
RSS
22. A popular open source browser software
Firefox
web server
live bookmark
false
23. The three parts of a search engine?
home page
podcast
Spider - indexer program - and search engine software
aggregator
24. 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.
live bookmark
newsgroup
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
True
25. The suffix - often of three letters - in the domain name (such as .com or .edu) that indicates the kind of organization the host is.
subject directory
Internet
top-level domain (TLD)
World Wide Web (WWW or the Web)
26. A keyword or term that Internet users assign to a Web resource such as a Web page - digital image - or video.
keyword
social bookmark (tag)
Internet Protocol (IP)
client/server network
27. The main or opening page of a Web site.
multiplayer online game
home page
Facebook
client/server network
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.
chat room
Express card slot (PC card slot)
7
aggregator
29. A protocol for sending data between computers on the Internet.
host
podcast
Internet Protocol (IP)
multiplayer online game
30. An XML-based format that allows frequent updates of content on the World Wide Web.
broadband
Really Simple Syndication (RSS) technology
Web browser (browser)
live bookmark
31. 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.
video log
spider
digital subscriber line (DSL)
data transfer rate (bandwidth)
32. A network of networks that is the largest network in the world - connecting millions of computers from more than one hundred countries.
email clients
streaming audio
spider
Internet
33. _________ broadband is primarily used in rural or mountain areas where other broadband service is unavailable.
subject directory
Satellite
flash player
breadcrumb list
34. 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
True
server
webcast
hyperlink
35. An expansion card that enables a computer to connect other computers or to a cable modem to facilitate a high-speed Internet connection.
network interface card (NIC)
streaming audio
large-scale networking (LSN)
broadband
36. Devices that fit either into a USB port or a special slot on the side of a notebook.
multiplayer online game
video log
aggregator
Express card slot (PC card slot)
37. 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.
server
web browser
breadcrumb list
social networking
38. The maximum speed at which data can be transmitted between two nodes on a network; usually measured in megabits per second (Mbps).
True
data transfer rate (bandwidth)
subject directory
Satellite
39. A program that enables users to communicate online in real time with others who are also online.
streaming audio
instant messaging (IM)
multimedia
RSS
40. A small software program that 'plugs in' to a Web browser to enable a specific function
e-mail (electronic mail)
dial-up modem
plug-in (player)
bookmark
41. A connection to the Internet using a standard telephone line.
7
dial-up connection
Spider - indexer program - and search engine software
bookmark
42. A _____________ is a list of pages within a Web site that have been visited.
consumer to consumer
web server
domain name
breadcrumb trail
43. A network - consisting of client and server computers - in which the clients make requests of the server and the server returns the response.
Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
client/server network
Really Simple Syndication (RSS) technology
chat room
44. The first 'internet' was a U.S. government-funded 'internet working' project named __________.
modem
aggregator
path (subdirectory)
ARPANET
45. (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.
7
webcast
keyword
Favorites
46. A computer running a specialized operating system that enables it to host Web pages (and other information) and provide requested Web pages to clients.
streaming video
True
Web server
Internet
47. 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.)
network interface card (NIC)
bookmark
search engine
256 Kbps or more
48. The main pathway of high-speed communications lines over which all Internet traffic flows.
Internet backbone
streaming audio
HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
business-to-consumer (B2C)
49. The main pathway used by data traffic on the Internet
e-mail (electronic mail)
asterisk
internet backbone
spider
50. Top-level domain is reserved for the military
netiquette
Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
business-to-business (B2B)
.mil
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