Baran CH. 10 Quiz

The "Father of the Computer" was _____________, an Englishman, who in 1836 produced designs for a "computer" that could conduct algebraic computations using stored memory and punch cards for input and output. John Napier Blaise Pascal Gottfried Leibnitz Charles Babbage

Charles Babbage

The first electronic digital computer, _____________, was developed by the British during World War II to help break the German's secret code. ENIAC UNIVAC Colossus ARPA

Colossus

The first "full-service" electronic computer, _____________, was based on the work of Iowa State University's John V. Atanasoff and introduced by scientists John Mauchly and John Presper Eckert of the University of Pennsylvania in 1946. ENIAC UNIVAC Brainiac Colossus ARPA

ENIAC

There is little doubt that municipal Wi-Fi is a fundamental right that should be available to all citizens. True False

False

When people go online, the click streams they leave provide them with privacy protection. True False

False

McLuhan's idea that new communication technologies will permit people to become increasingly involved in one another's lives is his concept of the __________: Extensions of Man Fairness Doctrine Coom Medium Global Village

Global Village

The "network of networks," consisting of LANs (Local Area Networks—networks connecting two or more computers, usually within the same building) and WANs (Wide Area Networks—networks that connect several LANs in different locations), is called the: provider World Wide Web Internet host

Internet

The global network of interconnected computers that communicate freely and share and exchange information is called the: Information System protocol World Wide Web Internet

Internet

In 1962, _____________ of the Rand Corporation proposed a packet-switching system that would allow the military to maintain command over its missiles and planes in the event of a nuclear attack. It is the basis of what we know today as the Internet. John Mauchly Paul Allen Paul Baran Steve Jobs Tim Berners-Lee

Paul Baran

Websites that function as online communities of users are called ____________________: Listservs VoIP Usenet Social networking sites

Social networking sites

The Apple II personal computer was developed by: Steve Jobs and Stephen Wozniak Bill Gates and Paul Allen Paul Baran and Paul Allen Steven Bellovin and Vinton Cerf

Steve Jobs and Stephen Wozniak

Tim Berners-Lee developed the hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP). True False

True

The first successful commercial computer, used by the Census Bureau in 1951, was: ENIAC UNIVAC Colossus ARPANET

UNIVAC

Each file or directory on the Internet (that is, on the host computer connected to the Internet) is designated by an address, called its Packet Locating Number (PLN) Uniform Resource Locator (URL) Local Area Network (LAN) Internet Information Locator (IIL)

Uniform Resource Locator (URL)

The most well known and arguably the most effective ______ Web site is MoveOn.org. commercial spam-free blogging activist

activist

Proponents of Internet freedom see its _____________ as providing protection for unpopular expression; proponents of greater Internet control see it as the Internet's greatest danger. anonymity reach breadth low cost

anonymity

Computers that reduce information to a code made up of the digits 1 and 0 for storage and manipulation are said to use a _____________ code. abacus binary plenary primary HTML

binary

A _____________ is a personal Web journal that comments on the news and provides links to stories that back up the commentary with evidence. dialog blog usenet listserv

blog

According to Marshall McLuhan, the computer is an extension of our ___________: eyes central nervous system feet skin

central nervous system

The lack of technological access among people of color, the poor, the disabled, and those living in rural areas is called the: information gap digital divide information slow lane technology gap

digital divide

The availability of trustworthy _____________—coding and decoding—technologies that make online use of credit and bank card numbers, addresses, social security numbers, and other sensitive information safer for both seller and buyer has fueled interest in the Internet as a place to do business. Web-lock encryption Net filter scanner

encryption

Computers that link individual personal computer users to the Internet are called: terminals mainframes ARPANET hosts

hosts

The development of the _____________—with its small size, absence of heat, and low cost—made personal computers possible. terminal microcomputer vacuum tube semiconductor

semiconductor

The widening disparity between the communication technology haves and have-nots is referred to as: flat rate billing the information gap the information slow lane the technology gap

the technology gap

According to long-time New Yorker columnist A.J. Liebling, freedom of the press is guaranteed to: all the media literate those who own the presses citizens in a democracy

those who own the presses