Chapter 4 - The Internet

Which of the following is NOT a high-speed Internet connection for homes?

4G

When sending emails to a large number of idividuals, placing their addresses in the _________ field will prevent all those addresses rom being seen by the recipients.

BCC

A(n) _________ is a web page or small website that contains a series of chronological posts and comments.

Blog

The term _________ is used to describe any digital data connection that can transmit information faster than standard dial-up by using wider band of frequencies.

Broadband

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

Domain Name

HTTP and HTTPS are the heart of Internet communication, setting rules for the transport and addressing of packets.

False

To access the Internet from home you must connect to a(n) _________, which typically involves making monthly payments to telecommunications company.

ISP

_________ is the act of having an online, text-based conversation with one or more individuals.

Instant Messaging

Which of the following is NOT a web browser?

Skype

_________ sites, such as Reddit, encourage users to share links to news and other interesting content they find on the web.

Social News

192.168.1.101 is an example of an IP address.

True

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

VoIP

Yahoo and MSN are both examples of:

Web Portals

A(n) _________ is a collaborative information site that relies on the Internet community to both create and edit content.

Wiki

Junk mail, or _________, is unsolicited email that is sent in bulk.

Spam

Which of the following networks, which began with just four universities, is the earliest ancestor of the Internet?

ARPANET

The asterisk symbol (*) is often used to mark keywords in social post or tweet.

False

A(n) _________ is a discussion board where individuals can ask questions and reply to each other.

Forum

The _________ language, which was used in the first web page, is still being used today alongside other language.

HTML

The _________ is the largest network in the world.

Internet

A(n) _________ is a huge, noncredit, online course that is offered for a fee by a variety of universitites.

MOOC

_________ file sharing uses a distributed network of individual users insted of a central server to transfer files.

P2P

Google's Street View shows you almost any part of a map as if you were driving through a particular street.

True

No single person or group controls the Internet. It is a decentralized and cooperative community.

True

The _________ is a global system of linked, hypertext documents.

World-Wide Web