CGS1060: Technology Ch 4 HW
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
___ 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
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
Twitter restricts posts, or tweets, to a maximum of 180 characters.
False
Many companies and specialty websites offer ___, or discussion boards, where individuals can ask questions and reply to each other.
Forums
___ 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 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.
___ are sophisticated services that store the URL of millions of web pages and most of the content on those pages.
Search engines
"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
If you visit a website or page that you would like to remember for the future, you can add it to your browser's bookmarks or favorites.
True
One of the most powerful features of Google Maps is Street View, which shows you almost any part of a map as if you were driving through that street.
True
PayPal and Google Wallet are both examples of online payment services that allow you to pay for goods online and transfer money to other individuals.
True
Web pages have a standard addressing system known as a(n) ___, which allows them to be located on the Internet.
URL
___, which can connect to the telephone network, translates analog voice signals into digital data and uses the Internet to transport the data.
VoIP
___ 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
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
A ___, such as apple.com and whitehouse.gov, uniquely identifies a site and a brand on the Web.
domain name
Twitter popularized a system that uses the ___ symbol to mark keywords or topics in a message.
hashtag
In the model known as ___, advertisers pay for their ads only when a website visitor clicks on the ad.
pay-per-click
Browser ___, such as Adobe Flash Player, are separate programs that allow your web browser to play several types of multimedia content.
plug-ins
The ___ is a global system of linked, hypertext documents.
world wide web
Which of the following are web browsers?
-Safari -Chrome -Firefox
