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