CGS1060C CHAPTER 4
Domain Name
A ___, such as apple.com and whitehouse.gov, uniquely identifies a site and a brand on the Web.
Blog
A(n) ___ is a web page or small website that contains a series of chronological posts and comments.
BCC
Any email address placed in the ___ will be invisible to the recipients of your message.
Which of the following is not a web browser?
Bing
plug-ins
Browser ___, such as Adobe Flash Player, are separate programs that allow your web browser to play several types of multimedia content.
True or False: Although a MOOC allows any individual to register for online classes at Harvard and MIT, their high registration cost has limited their popularity.
False
True or False: The Internet is managed centrally by the United States government, as it was primarily developed in this country.
False
True or False: Twitter restricts posts, or tweets, to a maximum of 180 characters.
False
Attatchments
If you want to include a file with your email message, it should be placed it in the __ area.
pay-per-click
In the model known as ___, advertisers pay for their ads only when a website visitor clicks on the ad.
In which of the following social networking sites are you most likely to find professionals who seek to make business-related connections?
Forums
Many companies and specialty websites offer ___, or discussion boards, where individuals can ask questions and reply to each other.
Social news sites, such as ___, encourage users to share links to news and other interesting content they find on the Web.
True or False: 3G, 4G, and LTE are all terms that refer to mobile Internet connectivity.
TRUE
World Wide Web
The ___ is a global system of linked, hypertext documents.
P2P
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.
ARPANET
The seeds of the Internet were planted in 1969 with ___, which connected computers at four universities in the western United States.
broadband
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.
True or False: "192.168.1.101" is an example of an IPv4 address.
True
True or False: 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
True or False: 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
True or False: 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
Hashtag
Twitter popularized a system that uses the ___ symbol to mark keywords or topics in a message.
URL
Web pages have a standard addressing system known as a(n) ___, which allows them to be located on the Internet.
Cookies
___ are small data files that are created by websites in order to remember users and their preferences the next time they visit the site.
Search engines
___ are sophisticated services that store the URL of millions of web pages and most of the content on those pages.
Wikipedia
___ 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.
Instant messaging
___ is the act of having an online, text-based conversation with one or more individuals that occurs in real time.
VoIP
___, which can connect to the telephone network, translates analog voice signals into digital data and uses the Internet to transport the data.
True or False: DSL technology is currently faster than cable or fiber-optics.
false
