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The GPS positioning system is

--a system of 21 satellites in orbit. --usable by every smartphone. --can track a phone's location in real time.

The limit to how much RAM you can add to your system

--depends on the design of the motherboard. --depends n the operating system running on your system. --depends on the amount of memory each mmory card slot supports.

When a computer is no longer useful, it can be

--turned into a sand-like substance. --securely donated. --recycled

Which of the following about ultrabook computers is true?

-Ultrabooks are available for either windows or the OS X operating systems -Ultrabooks are equipped with SSD drives for fast start-up -Ultrabooks typically weigh less than 3 pounds

Dolby Digital 7.1 creates

8-channel surround sound

The orginal Internet was called ____.

ARPANET

Which field prevents multiple recipients from seeing each other's email addresses?

Bcc

An Internet connection speed greater than 200 Kbps.

Broadband

A series of letters and numbers that are distorted in some way.

Captcha

The ____ allows you to type a URL in your browser instead of an IP address.

DNS (Domain Name System)

Telephone lines designed to carry digital signals that are much faster than ordinary telephne lines; a broadband Internet service.

DSL (Digital Subscriber Line)

Which of the following is a collection of unprocessed items, which can include text, numbers, images, audio and vieo?

Data

All the information that someone could find out about your by searching the Web, including social network sites.

Digital footprint

To improve video performance, modern computers have a ____ in addition to the CPU.

GPU

What are types of video ports?

HDMI USB 3.1 DisplayPort

The authoring language that defines the structure of a web page.

HTML

A(n) ____ is a company that offers Internet access?

ISP

Which of the following conveys meaning and s usefull to users?

Information

What form of online communication happens in real time between two people?

Instant messaging

The high-speed connection point between networks

Internet Backbone

The Internet is a worldwide network. What is the World Wide Web?

It is a global library of information available to anyone connected to the Internet.

Which service allows you to use your cell phone or smartphone to send messages that contain images?

MMS

Which of the following consists of electronic components that store instructions waiting to be executed and data needed by those instructions?

Memory

With which of the following can you have a real-time typed conversation with another connected user?

Messaging Services

In which type of social media are posts limited to a small number of characters and users post updates frequently?

Microblog

A format used for distributing web feeds that cange frequently.

RSS (Really Simple Syndication)

What consist(s) of a series of related instructions that tells the computer what tasks to perform and how to perform them?

Software

Online communications that happens in real time.

Synchronous only communication

Examples of ____ include: .com, .gov and .edu.

TLDs (top-level domains)

In a networked environment, each computer on the network can access the hardware on the network.

True

Anotehr term for the address of a website.

URL

Which is NOT a type of video port?

USB 3.0

An emerging standard named ____ uses a reversible connector named ____.

USB 3.1 / USB-C

Which of the following about ultrabook computers is false?

Ultrabooks have the fastest optical drives.

The hypertext system of information on the Internet

World Wide Web

What is the definition of a website?

a collection of related webpages

A(n) ____ is a third-party program that extends the functionality of a Web browser.

add-on

You do not want to store you data locally on your hard disk. You would rather store it using an Internet service. What is this kind of storage known as?

cloud storage

An audio interface unit can

connect a computer to musical instruments and microphones.

The open format for publishing of e-books that is optimized for mobile devices is

ePub

SuperFetch

is a feature of Windows that supports optimal memory management

Copyleft is a policy

is a term for a set of licensing plans.

An analog signal is different from a digital signal because it

is continuous

The operating system on your cell phone

none of the available answers are correct.

SSDs are classified as what type of storage?

nonvolatile

P2P is an acronym for

peer-to-peer sharing.

Analog waves are still important because

physical processes like sound waves are analog.

Facebook and LinkedIn are examples of ____.

social networks

Email is a ____ form of online communication.

store-and-forward

You interact with a program through whih of the following, therby controlling how you enter data and instructions and how information is displayed on the screen?

user interface

When would you want to consider RAID 1 technology?

when you need an instant backup of your work

VoIP is a phone service that

works over an Internet connection.