Chapter 4 - The Internet

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

4G

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

ARPANET

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

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

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

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

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

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

Spam

192.168.1.101 is an example of an IP address.

True

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

_________ 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

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

World-Wide Web