Ch 4: The Internet review questions
wiki
A ____ is a collaborative information site that relies on the Internet community to both create and edit content.
MOOC
A ____ is a huge, noncredit, online course that is offered for free by a variety of universities.
blog
A ____ is a web page or small website that contains a series of chronological posts and comments.
forum
A _____ is a discussion board where individuals can ask questions and reply to each other.
ISP
Every type of Internet service requires a connection and monthly payment to an:
viral
Funny or fascinating web content is said to go _________ when it is shared and re-shared a large number of times over a short period.
attachments
If you want to include a file with your email message, it should be placed it in the _________ area.
MMORPGs
In a category of games known as _________, millions of players connect to various servers to team up with other players in very large virtual worlds.
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?
false
T/F The ability for UPS's website to remember your country/language selection is the result of its use of third-party cookies.
true
T/F: 192.168.1.101 is an example of an IP address.
true
T/F: Google's Street View shows you almost any part of a map as if you were driving through a particular street.
false; protocols
T/F: HTTP and HTTPS are the heart of Internet communication, setting rules for the transport and addressing of packets.
true
T/F: No single person or group controls the Internet. It is a decentralized and cooperative community.
false; the (#) symbol
T/F: The asterisk symbol (*) is often used to mark keywords or topics in a social post or tweet.
HTML
The ____ language, which was used in the first web page, is still being used today alongside other languages.
Internet
The ________ is the largest network in the world.
world wide web (www)
The __________ is a global system of linked, hypertext documents.
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.
internet service provider (ISP)
To access the Internet from home you must connect to an ________ _______ ________, which typically involves making monthly payments to a telecommunications company.
Bcc
When sending email to a large number of individuals, placing their addresses in the ___ field will prevent all those addresses from being seen by the recipients.
4G
Which of the following is NOT a high-speed Internet connection for homes?
Skype
Which of the following is NOT a web browser?
ARPANET
Which of the following networks, which began with just 4 universities, is the earliest ancestor of the Internet?
domain name
Which part of a URL identifies a site and a brand on the web?
web portals
Yahoo and MSN are both examples of:
VoIP
____ translates analog voice signals into digital data and uses the Internet to transport the data.
peer-to-peer (P2P)
____-__-____ file sharing uses a distributed network of individual users instead of a central server to transfer files.
Instant messaging
_______ _________ is the act of having an online, text-based conversation with one or more individuals.
social news
__________ sites, such as Reddit, encourage users to share links to news and other interesting content they find on the web.
spam
Junk mail, or ____, is unsolicited email that is sent in bulk.
forums
Many companies and specialty websites offer _________, or discussion boards, where individuals can ask questions and reply to each other.
networking
Social _________ sites are used to create connections between friends, family members, and organizations.
false
T/F The World Wide Web traces its origin to a proposal made by Tim Berners-Lee in 1996.
