Study Guide - Intro To Operating Systems - Chapter 10 - Connecting Desktops and Laptops to Networks Quiz

Open Chrome's Customize and Control menu by clicking this button on the top right of the Chrome window.

Chrome

This Web browser is distributed by a company known mostly for its popular search engine.

Chrome

This Web browser, distributed by a popular search engine, is open source software with a distinctive look with file-folder-like tabs across the top and menus accessed from a wrench icon on the right of the folder.

Chrome

Your neighbor, a retiree on a modest fixed income, has asked your help in acquiring an Internet connection for his computer, a desktop computer running Windows 7. His only interest in Internet access is to use email to keep in touch with his children, who live in other states. He has a reliable phone connection. Based on this information, which service will you recommend?

Dial-up

This protocol will allow users to maintain messages stored on an email server without removing them from the server.

IMAP

A computer requiring access to file and print services on a network server running a Windows operating system must have a Microsoft file and print client installed. Where can you find this?

It is included with Windows and installed during set up.

The IPv4 address 192.168.30.24 is an example of one of these.

Private IP address

This browser security feature (with different names in various browsers) allows you to browse the Web without saving any history on the local computer.

Private browsing

What protocol is responsible for the accurate delivery of messages, verifying and resending pieces that fail to make the trip from source to destination?

Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)

Which of these choices is the correct command for viewing all your network connections and their configuration in a Linux BASH or Mac OS X terminal window?

ifconfig-a

Internet Protocol (IP) prepares data for sending over a network by breaking it up into small chunks called _____.

packets