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Technology In Action

Subjects : it-skills, literacy
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1. 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.)






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






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






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






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






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






7. (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.






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






9. Top-level domain is reserved for the military






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.






11. The three parts of a search engine?






12. 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.






13. Also known as tagging






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






15. 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






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






17. 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.






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






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






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






21. A type of broadband Internet connection that uses a television's cable service provider to connect to the Internet.






22. 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.






23. A small software program that 'plugs in' to a Web browser to enable a specific function






24. 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






25. A social networking service






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






27. Plays animation and movies through Web browsers






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






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






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






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






32. E-commerce transactions between businesses and consumers.






33. The average speed of DSL is __________ Mbps.






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






35. 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.






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






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






38. The 's' at the end of https






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. 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)






47. The maximum speed of DSL is __________ Mbps.






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






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






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







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