Midterm 2 Chapter 6
How much did it cost to buy a print size encyclopedia? Who fixes errors in Wikipedia?
$100~1000 users
A text message containing characters from the Latin alphabet is limited to ____ characters. Other alphabets, such as Chinese, Arabic, or Cyrillic is limited to ____ characters. A text message is sent via the _____ network. Text Cell----> nearest 1)_____---->SMS short for 2) ___. Its purpose is?--> previous tower---> recipients cell
160 70 Cellular 1)cell tower 2)short message service center -storing and delivering text messages
Most email systems can group emails into THREADS.What is a THREAD? Should users avoid changing the subject text? If a user is sending multiple emails, the user may wish to _____ the subjects to avoid having the emails be ____. Sally replies to an email and changes the subject field. The email is automatically grouped with the existing email thread because Sally used the reply option to respond to the original email. True or False?
A group of emails having the same subject Yes Vary grouped False Emails are grouped based on matching subject fields rather than reply or forwarding options. An email with a different subject field will be grouped as part of another thread.
A _____ is a website organized into entries with the latest entry at the top.
Blog
_____ is an approach to developing content that INVOLVES HAVING THE USERS (crowd) BE THE CONTRIBUTORS rather than using highly-paid professionals. This approach has led Wikipedia not only to be free, but also has led to far more articles than found in professionally-produced encyclopedias.
Crowdsourcing
_______ is a MESSAGE SENT VIA COMPUTER from a user to other users, containing mostly text but sometimes containing additional items like images or attached documents. It predates the ____ and even predates the _____, with early forms in the 1960's and 1970's.
Email (electronic mail) web Internet
_____ is the MOST widely-used social networking site, focused on connecting friends who share items like photos, videos, thoughts, invitations to events, and more. When was it created? by who?
Facebook 2004 Mark Zuckerburg
True or False? The To field contains all recipients of an email. 2) The recipients of the To field will see the recipients of the cc field. 3) The recipients of the To field will see the recipients of the bcc field. 4) A person wishes to send an email to 100 friends. Rather than having a huge list of emails in the To list, the person can list him/herself on the To list, and put everyone else in the bcc list. 5) An auto-signature is text that a user types at the bottom of every email message.
False only MAIN recipients True All the recipients in the To and cc fields can see the other False No recipient, whether in the To, cc, or bcc field, will see the email addresses of the bcc field. True That technique is a common way to avoid annoying people with excessively-long To lists. False
To search the web, a user must first navigate to a search engine's website. True False A search engine searches hundreds of web pages, returning the best matches. True False
False Most browsers allow search words to be typed directly into the URL box or a special search box. False A good search will have to search many more web pages (millions/billions) to be considered of any use.
True or False? Facebook was the first social networking site. 2) A user's posts on Facebook are typically published for the world to see. 3) Facebook revenues are mostly from advertising to users. 4) With annual revenues of around $12.5 billion in 2014, Facebook is the largest company in the world.
False Sites like Friendster and myspace came earlier. False viewable only by friends. True A key aspect of Facebook's growth is free access by users. Advertising to those users is then used to gain revenue. False
Users should have a computing background to create and manage a blog. 2) _____ is a popular blogging web service. Gmail Tumblr 3) Users can add extra features, like discussion boards, to a blog by installing a _____. plugin WordPress
False Web-based services enable users to easily create and manage blogs.Anyone can freaking blog Tumblr plugin
Including _____: in a search, as in _____:pdf, LIMITS results to files of that type.
Filetype
For speed, search engines pre-visit web pages and create an _______ of words pointing to specific pages. A ______ is a program that pre-visits web pages to build an index. It goes to known web pages, and then follows those pages' links to other pages, following those pages' links, etc., thus "crawling" around the web like a spider crawls around a spider web, UPDATING the index information
Index Web Crawler
______ is a social networking site intended primarily for PROFESSIONALS to share background and qualifications with other professionals and with companies, AKING TO AN ONLINE RESUME. What are some common usages of this site?
LinkedIn to search their network of connections for contacts at a particular company of interest (perhaps for a business deal), or for people with particular skills (perhaps as a potential hire).
Since the early 2000s, multiple platforms and applications have introduced a live video feature, allowing users to film and share video of their lives in real time, or ______.
Live Stream
______ is a popular method used to send MULTIMEDIA BASED TEXT MESSAGES containing text, pictures, video, and audio. Cellphones with this feature are ______ compatible and support both _____ and ____ text messages.
MMS (multimedia messaging service) backwards MMS SMS
Using a ____ before a word, as in -Disney, EXCLUDES sites that have that word.
Minus
DOES Twitter focuses on sharing photo albums with friends? When was it created?
No 2006
Is Wikipedia is a subscription-based online encyclopedia? Does a user must be invited to edit a Wikipedia article?
No, its a free online encyclopedia comprised of millions of user-contributed articles. No
An email FILTER is a tool that monitors email and _____. automatically deletes the email performs a user specified action alerts the user of new email 2) Most email systems have _____ filters that AUTOMATICALLY ARCHIVE EMAIL into a spam folder. spam family vacation 3) A vacation filter automatically _____ incoming emails. replies to deletes archives
Performs a user specified action SPAM REPLIES TO
A ______ is an entry in a blog. A ______ is a user who writes a blog.
Post Blogger
Using _____, as in "circle of knowledge", searches for EXACTLY those words in that order. What are they especially useful for?
Quotes specific phrase or a persons name
_______: Users listen to live radio broadcasts streamed online. Ex: Apple Music, iHeartRadio, ______: The site puts together songs created based off of an artist, song, or genre. Ex: Pandora Internet Radio, Last.fm, Spotify, Tidal _____ : Users specifically choose which songs or albums to listen to. Like Spotify and Apple Music
Radio Streaming Playlist Streaming On demand streaming
Searching on _____.google.com searches ACADEMIC ARTICLES rather than the web.
SCHOLAR.google.com
Including ____: in a search, as in ____:.edu, RESTRICTS searches to domains with that ending (typically universities).
Site
A ________ site connects people, via common interests, backgrounds, real-life connections, etc. Such sites typically support ways for a user to ADD NEW CONNECTIONS, to POST info for a user's connections to see (vice vera), and to CONTACT connections individually.
Social Networking
______ means to play media DIRECTLY FROM the Internet in a web browser or other app WITHOUT EVER STORING THW VIDEO on a device. In 2014, streamed video accounted for more than half of all Internet traffic, mostly from Netflix and YouTube. The largest movie and TV show streaming company in the world is _______, whose traffic accounts for over ---% of all Internet traffic
Streaming NETFLIX 30%
A ______ (or SMS for _____) is a short message sent among cell phone users. A typical (knowledge) worker spends more time sending text messages than emails. True False 2) Email use among teenagers exceeds text message use. True False
TEXT MESSAGE SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE false false
T or F? 1) Netflix accounts for about 1/3rd of all Internet traffic (2014). 2) Netflix was started in 1997 as an Internet video streaming company. 3) Hulu's emphasis is TV shows. 4) Apple is likely eager to sell Apple TV boxes because the $50 to $75 price per box (2015) translates to huge profits. 5) Amazon is best known as a video streaming company.
True False Netflix was started as a DVD rental company, sending DVDs by mail to customers. True False That price barely pays for the box's hardware. Instead, Apple can then promote sales of movies and TV shows via the box False
1) T/R? Facebook pays some users to post on Facebook Live. 2) Live streaming's primary purpose is to show events that have happened in the past. 3) Live streamed videos can only be shared with the general public. 4) Facebook Live saw a 40% growth in live streaming from May to October 2016. 5) Live streaming allows the general public to have a part in telling the news. 6) Users can record live stream videos from desktop or laptop computers.
True Facebook has encouraged VIPs, like media groups and celebrities, to use the live streaming feature by offering monetary incentives. False Live streaming is a way for users to share events occurring in real time, or as the events happen. False Some platforms allow users to share live videos with only friends or even specific friends. False Facebook Live, which fully opened to the public in April 2016, saw a 400% growth in live streaming between May and October. True Live streaming allows the public to be on the forefront of new stories that news organizations may not yet be aware of. True Though computers can be used to live stream, many live streams also come from mobile devices, such as smartphones and tablets.
_____ is a social network site whose users send and read short 140-character messages called "tweets." A _____ (ex: #GlobalWarming) LABELS a tweet as BELONGING TO A PARTICULAR DISCUSSION topic, such that users can receive tweets on that topic.
Twitter hashtag
A ____ seeks web pages that best match user-typed words, like "rules of american football". A ______ is a website that does web searches. What are some popular search engines?List them in order in which developed first. Which is the most popular?
Web Search Search Engine Yahoo!, Google and Bing Google
A search engine determines the "best" matching pages using __________ . How _______ is the page itself, based on how many other pages have _____ to that page, or how often that page or its parent website is _____.
Web-search matching criteria Important links visited
______ is a free, ONLINE ENCYCLOPEDIA composed of crowd-sourced articles, begun in ____. A _____ is a WEBSITE THAT ENABLES COLLABORATIVE DEVELOPMENT of content. Anyone can create, edit, or improve an article from this online encyclopedia.
Wikipedia 2001 WIKI
Do search engines make money with ads?
Yes
____ is the most widely-used video-sharing website, which allows users to upload videos, supports easy search of videos, and suggests other videos related to a watched video. How can you make money of it?
Youtube By ASSOCIATING A GOOGLE ADSENSE ACCOUNT WITH A YOUTUBE ACCOUNT and activating a video for MONETIZATION a video poster can earn about $1 to $3 per 1,000 views; a video that gets 1 million views thus might earn the poster 1,000,000 views * (2 dollars / 1,000 views) = 2,000 dollars.
A ______ is the engine a browser uses for searches done via the browser's search box or URL box, rather than by going to a search engine site like google.com.
default search engine
LinkedIn's primary source of revenue in 2013 came from _____. advertisements upgrade fees for premium accounts recruitment services 2) LinkedIn is a networking site focused on sharing _____. photos professional background information 140-character text-based messages
recruitment services professional background information
Inexpensive stream boxes such as APPLE TV, GOOGLE CHROMECAST, ROKU, AND AMAZON FIRE are used to...
stream movies from home WiFi to a TV
The "TO" PART of the email defines:____ The ______ email field indicates additional recipients: peeps not intended, but who may want/need to see it The ______ email field indicates additional recipients whose email addresses will not be _____ to any other recipients including ___, ___, ___. The SUBJECT field does... The BODY contains the ... An email ______ is text automatically added to the end of an email, typically including a person's name, position, company, and/or contact information.
the MAIN recipient/s CC (carbon copy) BCC (blind carbon copy) revealed To, cc, bcc Summarizes an email's topic. Main Content Auto Signature
