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Technology In Action

Subjects : it-skills, literacy
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1. A bookmark that delivers updates to you as soon as they become available - using Really Simple Syndication (RSS).






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






3. A location on the Web.






4. 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.






5. 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.






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






7. The maximum speed at which data can be transmitted between two nodes on a network; usually measured in megabits per second (Mbps).






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






9. Top-level domain is reserved for the military






10. Also known as tagging






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






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






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






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






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






16. A program created by the U.S. government - the objective of which is to fund the research and development of cutting-edge networking technologies. Major goals of the program are the development of enhanced wireless technologies and increased network






17. 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






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






19. 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.






20. A popular open source browser software






21. The main pathway used by data traffic on the Internet






22. The information after the slash indicates a particular file or path (or subdirectory) within the Web site.






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






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






25. Devices that fit either into a USB port or a special slot on the side of a notebook.






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






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






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






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






30. (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.






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






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






33. 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.)






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






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






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






37. 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.






38. A social networking service






39. 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.






40. E-commerce transactions between businesses.






41. Plays animation and movies through Web browsers






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






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






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






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






46. Technology that enables audio files to be fed to a browser continuously. This lets users avoid having to download an entire file before listening.






47. 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)






48. 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.)






49. 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






50. The 's' at the end of https







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