Chapter 4
The seeds of the Internet were planted in 1969 with ___, which connected computers at four universities in the western United States
ARPANET
Which of the following is NOT a web browser?
Bing
The ___ protocol is used to deliver requested web pages to a computer.
HTTP
___ is the act of having an online, text-based conversation with one or more individuals that occurs in real time.
Instant Messaging
In which of the following social networking sites are you most likely to find professionals who seek to make business-related connections?
The service known as ___ contains original content in the form of live or recorded streams showing individuals playing video games.
Twitch
Web pages have a standard addressing system known as a(n) ___, which allows them to be located on the Internet.
URL
___ is not always considered to be a reliable site because you cannot be certain that the information you are reading comes from a credible source.
Wikipedia
If you want to include a file with your email message, it should be placed it in the __ area.
attachments
Any email address placed in the ___ will be invisible to the recipients of your message.
bcc
A(n) ___ is a web page or small website that contains a series of chronological posts and comments.
blog
If you visit a website or page that you would like to remember for the future, you can add it to your browser's ___ or favorites.
bookmarks
The ___ is a global system of linked, hypertext documents.
world wide web (WWW)
The most popular method for file transfer today is known as ___ file sharing, which uses a distributed network of individual users instead of a central server.
P2P
Social news sites, such as ___, encourage users to share links to news and other interesting content they find on the Web.
The term ___ is used to describe any digital data connection that can transmit information faster than standard dial-up by using a wider band of frequencies.
broadband
___ are small data files that are created by websites in order to remember users and their preferences the next time they visit the site
cookies
Kickstarter is known as a(n) ___ website because it allows the general public to provide financial support to organizations and individuals that are working on a new product.
crowdfunding
___ is a form of electronic money that is decentralized and whose transactions are encrypted, processed, and recorded via peer-to-peer networks.
cryptocurrency
A ___, such as apple.com and whitehouse.gov, uniquely identifies a site and a brand on the Web.
domain name
A browser ___ is a separate program that adds a variety of useful features to the web browser, such as sending instant messages or playing mobile-style games.
extension
Although a MOOC allows any individual to register for online classes at Harvard and MIT, their high registration cost has limited their popularity.
false
DSL technology is currently faster than cable or fiber-optics
false
The Internet is managed centrally by the United States government, as it was primarily developed in this country.
false
Many companies and specialty websites offer ___, or discussion boards, where individuals can ask questions and reply to each other
forums
Twitter popularized a system that uses the ___ symbol to mark keywords or topics in a message.
hashtag
Tumblr and Twitter and both examples of ___ services, where users share brief thoughts, links, and multimedia.
microblogging
In the model known as ___, advertisers pay for their ads only when a website visitor clicks on the ad.
pay-per-click
___ are sophisticated services that store the URL of millions of web pages and most of the content on those pages.
search engines
The ___ economy is an expression that refers to the way in which the Internet has facilitated our ability to share (usually for a price) our goods or services with other individuals.
sharing
"192.168.1.101" is an example of an IPv4 address.
true
3G, 4G, and LTE are all terms that refer to mobile Internet connectivity
true
PayPal is an example of an online payment service that allows you to pay for goods online and transfer money to other individuals
true
