Chapter 3

What is e-mail etiquette?

Be concise and to the point Use the spell-checker and proofread your e-mail before sending it Avoid using abbreviations such as u, r, LOL, and BTW

What is ARPANET?

Began a 4-node network involving UCLA, Stanford Research Institute, the University of California at Santa Barbara, and the University of Utah in Salt Lake City

what is B2B

E-commerce transactions between businesses

what is B2C

E-commerce transactions between businesses and consumers

what is C2C

E-commerce transactions between consumers through online sites such as eBay

What is an IP address?

Internet Protocol (IP) address: the means by which all computers connected to the Internet identify each other. It consists of a unique set of four numbers separated by dots, such as 123.45.178.91

Why was the Internet created?

The Internet was created to respond to these two concerns: establishing a secure form of communications and creating a means by which all computers could communicate.

What were the first locations on ARPANET?

The first real communication occurred in 1969 between the computer of Stanford and the computer at UCLA

What was Mosaic?

The mosaic browser, which could display graphics as well as text, was released The once-popular Netscape Navigator browser evolved from Mosaic and heralded the beginning of the web's monumental growth

What is e-commerce?

The process of conducting business online for purpose ranging from fund-raising to advertising to selling products

Who are considered the "fathers of the Internet?

Vinton Cerf and Robert Kahn, are generally acknowledged as the "fathers of the Internet" These men earned this honor because in the 1970s, they were primarily responsible for developing the communications protocols (standards) still in use on the Internet today

what is a podcast

a clip of audio or video content that's broadcast over the Internet using compressed audio or video files in formats such as MP3

what is server

a computer that provides resources to other computers on a network

what is client

a computer that requests information from a server in a client/server network (such as your computer when you are connected to the Internet)

what is blog

a personal log or journal posted on the web

what is vlog

a personal online journal that uses video as the primary content in addition to text, images, and audio

what is instant messaging

a program that enables users to communicate online in real time with others who are also online

what is social commerce

a subset of e-commerce that uses social networks to assist in marketing and purchasing products

What is VoIP?

a technology that facilitates making telephone calls across the Internet instead of using conventional telephone lines

what is client/server network mean

a type of network that uses servers to deliver services to computers that are requesting them (clients)

what is mobile commerce

conducting commercial transactions online through a smartphone, tablet, or other mobile device

what is a webcast

the (usually live) broadcast of audio or video content over the Internet

what is texting

using the Short Message Service (SMS) to send short messages between mobile devices