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Technology In Action

Subjects : it-skills, literacy
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Largest computer network in the world






2. 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.






3. Measurement of how fast data travels between computers






4. The average speed of DSL is __________ Mbps.






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






6. 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)






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






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






9. 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.






10. The part of the Internet used the most. What distinguishes the Web from the rest of the Internet are (1) its use of common communication protocols (such as Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol - or TCP/IP) and special languages (such as th






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






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






13. (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.






14. 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






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






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






17. 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.






18. 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.






19. Top-level domain is reserved for the military






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






21. A computer that provides resources to other computers on a network.






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. 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.






29. The 's' at the end of https






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. Also known as tagging






37. E-commerce transactions between businesses.






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






39. 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.






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






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






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






43. To access the Internet - your computer is assigned a unique identification number called a(n) __________






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






45. 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.






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






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






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






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






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