Chapter 4 Terms
Which of the following statements is true of network-management software?
With network-management software, a manager on a networked personal computer can scan for viruses.
_____ is a markup language designed to transport and store data on the Web.
XML
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) uses companies called _____ to handle the business of registering domain names.
accredited domain name registrars
Java allows small programs, called _____, to be embedded with an Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) document.
applets
A(n) _____ is a Website that people can create and use to write about their observations, experiences, and opinions on a wide range of topics.
blog
In a _____, all network devices are connected to a common backbone that serves as a shared communications medium.
bus network
Liesel is an entrepreneur, and she'd like to publish a website for her small business. Liesel ____________.
can use hosting services
The browsers are the _____ in the worldwide web, whereas the web servers are the servers.
clients
_____ refers to a computing environment where software and storage are provided as an Internet service and accessed with a Web browser.
cloud computing
_____ is a method of transferring large media files over the Internet so that the data stream of voice and pictures plays more or less continuously as the file is being downloaded.
content streaming
The area covered by one or more interconnected wireless access points is commonly called a(n) _____.
hot spot
The world-wide-web uses _____ protocol for transmitting content.
hyper-text transfer
The Web, as a computing platform that supports software applications and the sharing of information among users, is referred to as _____.
Web 2.0
Web client software, such as Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari, and Opera, that are used to view Web pages are known as _____.
web browsers
_____ consist of standards and tools that streamline and simplify communication among Websites and that promise to revolutionize the way the Web is developed and used for business and personal purposes.
web services
A(n) ______ is a telecommunications network that connects large geographic areas.
wide area network
The Internet is migrating to Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6), which uses _____ addresses to provide for many more devices.
128-bit
When you connect your computer to a printer using _____, the distance between them cannot be longer than 30 feet.
Bluetooth
Which of the following is a markup language for defining the visual design of a Web page or group of pages?
Cascading style sheets
The use of social media in business is called _____.
Enterprise 2.0
A personal area network (PAN) is a wireless network that connects information networking devices within a small area, such as an office, home, or several floors of a building.
FALSE
A telecommunications protocol is any material substance that carries an electronic signal to support communications between a sending and receiving device.
FALSE
A wide area network (WAN) is a telecommunications network that connects users and their computers in a geographical area that spans a campus or business park, but not beyond the city limits.
FALSE
Businesses and organizations that manage a local area network (LAN) connect to the Internet via a Web browser.
FALSE
In a Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), the markers are codes that tell the browser how to format the text or graphics that will be displayed.
FALSE
Like other programs, Java software can run only on specific types of computers.
FALSE
Network management software is a system software that controls the computer systems and devices on a network and allows them to communicate with each other.
FALSE
Sensors that can monitor and report on data about traffic and parking conditions are part of a network of physical objects known as the Internet of Technology.
FALSE
The Internet is a hyperlink-based system that uses a client/server model.
FALSE
There is no way a manufacturing firm would implement an Internet of Things because the risk of hacking is far too high.
FALSE
_____ is the standard page description language for Web pages.
HTML
_____ is online, real-time communication between two or more people who are connected to the Internet.
Instant Messaging
_____ is the control or suppression of the publishing or accessing of information on the Internet.
Internet censorship
_____ is a popular programming language for client-side applications that enable a user to create interactive Web pages that respond to user actions.
JavaScript
The ARPANET was eventually broken into two networks: _____, which included all military sites, and a new, smaller ARPANET, which included all the nonmilitary sites.
MILNET
A _____ is a telecommunications network that connects users and their computers in a geographical area that spans a campus or a city.
Metropolitan Area Network
_____ is a process for driving traffic to a Web site by using techniques that improve the site's ranking in search results
Search engine optimization
4G will deliver 3 to 20 times the speed of 3G networks for mobile devices
TRUE
A client is any computer on a network that sends messages requesting services from the servers on the network.
TRUE
A virtual private network (VPN) supports a secure, encrypted connection between a company's employees and remote users through a third-party service provider.
TRUE
JavaScript can be used to validate data entry in a Web form.
TRUE
Organizations that are concerned about the security of their data should not use public cloud computing.
TRUE
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is a leading standards-setting organization whose IEEE network standards are the basis for many telecommunications devices and services.
TRUE
The Internet is the infrastructure on which the Web exists.
TRUE
When you use your lab computer to access a printer, you are using the local area network (LAN).
TRUE
_____ consists of server and client software, the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), standards, and markup languages that combine to deliver information and services over the Internet.
The web
_____ is a good site to develop your professional network.
A _____ satellite system employs many satellites that are spaced so that, from any point on the Earth at any time, at least one satellite is on a line of sight, each in an orbit at an altitude of less than 1,000 miles.
low earth orbit
Social journalism or citizen journalism ________.
may not be as reliable as mainstream media sources
Online ____ vendors use digital rights management to prevent illegal copying.
music
The computers and devices on a network are also known as _____.
network nodes
Web _____ such as Adobe Flash and Real Player, provide additional features to standard Web sites.
plug-ins
_____ computing refers to deployments in which service providers offer their cloud-based services to the general public.
public cloud
A _____ is a valuable tool that enables a user to find information on the Web by specifying words or phrases known as keywords, which are related to a topic of interest.
search engine
A _____ network is one in which all network devices are connected to one another through a single central device called the hub node.
star
The ancestor of the Internet was _____.
the ARPANET