Chapter 4 Computer Concepts

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It is common to use ___ when sending email to a large group of people, especially if you want to protect the privacy of the recipients' email address.

BCC

Your browser's ___ keeps the name and URL of every site you have visited, and allows browsers to autocomplete the URL when you type the first few characters.

History

If your smartphone is set up as a mobile ___, it can offer Wi-Fi access to devices near it.

Hotspot

A(n) ___ is a huge online course offered for free by a variety of universities, including prestigious ones such as Princeton, Harvard, and MIT.

MOOC

Which streaming service often accounts for over 30 percent of all Internet traffic in North America?

Netflix

As the largest ___ in the world, the Internet connects billions of people and organizations.

Network

Which microblogging service famously restricts posts to 140 characters?

Twitter

The ___ part of an email contains any file(s) included with the message.

Attachments

Bitcoin is an example of:

Cryptocurrency

___ is a social news site that encourages users to share links to news and other interesting content they find on the web. It is also famous for hosting AMA sessions.

Reddit

Many trace the Internet's history to ___, a network connecting computers at four universities in 1969.

ARPANET

Communication speeds between you and your ISP are measured in:

BPS

A page or website that contains chronological posts and comments from individuals or organizations is known as a(n):

Blog

The small data files known as ___ are used by websites to remember users and their preferences.

Cookies

___ websites, such as Kickstarter, allow any organization or individual to solicit funds from the general public in exchange for a future good or service.

Crowdfunding

The Internet is ___, meaning no single person or group controls it.

Decentralized

Which of the following connection types is generally the SLOWEST?

Dial-up

Which part of a URL uniquely identifies a site and a brand on the web?

Domain Name

___ are discussion boards where individuals can ask questions and reply to each other.

Forums

Which symbol, which is used to mark keywords or topics in a message, was popularized by Twitter?

Hashtag

192.168.1.101 is an example of a(n):

IP Address

Unlike an email, which can be read by the recipient at any time, ___ engage individuals in a live conversation.

Instant Messangers

___ is a social network that is designed with a strictly business-oriented focus.

LinkedIn

___ file sharing uses a distributed network of individual users instead of a central server to transfer files.

P2P

___ is a model whereby advertisers pay for their ads only when a website visitor clicks on the ad.

Pay-Per-Click

___ is an example of an online payment service that allows you to pay for goods online and transfer money to other individuals.

PayPal

A browser ___ is a separate program that allows your web browser to play several types of multimedia content.

Plug-in

When users type specific keywords into a ___, they will receive an organized list of matching sites, images, and news articles that contain those keywords.

Search engines

Services such as ___ and Microsoft Teams include many real-time communication tools, along with a variety of apps and services, to make it easier for teams to wok on projects together.

Slack

One of its most powerful features of Google Maps is ___, which shows you almost any part of the map as if you were driving through that street.

Street view

Which browser feature allows you to have multiple web pages open in one browser window?

Tabbed Browsing

Both YouTube and ___ have allowed many individuals to earn significant amounts of money from their videos and streams.

Twitch

A(n) ___ is another name for the full address that is used to locate a web page on the Internet.

URL

___ translates analog voice signals into digital data and uses the Internet to transport the data.

VoIP

A(n) ___ is a collaboration information site that encourages people with subject knowledge to contribute at their convenience, adding to or fixing pages where information is missing or incorrect.

Wiki

Although many of the articles in ___ are written and edited by experts, you cannot be 100 percent certain that the specific information you need comes from a credible source.

Wikipedia

Which of the following is a global system of linked, hypertext documents?

World Wide Web

Which of the following is NOT a web browser?

Yahoo


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