Concepts Ch. 4

Any email address placed in the ___ will be invisible to the recipients of your message

bcc

The internet is managed by the US gov. , as it was primarily developed in this country

False

Advertisers pay for their ads only when a website visitor clicks on the ad.

Pay-Per-Click

are sophisticated services that store the URL of millions of web pages & most of the content on those pages

Search engines

Web pages have a standard addressing system known as an ____, which allow them to be located on the Internet

URL

the seeds of the internet were planted in 1969. Which connects computers at four universities in the W. US.

ARPANET

NOT a web browser

Bing

A ___ is a web page or small website that contains a series of chronological posts & comments.

Blog

any digital data connection that can transmit info faster than standard dial-up by using a wider band of frequencies

Broadband

____ are small data files that are created by websites in order to remember users & their preferences the next time they visit the site.

Cookies

identifies a site & a brand on the Web

Domain Name

DSL tech. is currently faster than cable or fiber-optics

False

MOOC allows any individual to register for online classes at Harvard & MIT, their high registration cost has limited their popularity

False

Max characters for Twitter is 180

False

Many companies & specialties websites offer ___, or discussion boards, where individuals can ask questions & reply to each other.

Forums

The most popular method for file transfer today is known as ____ file sharing, which uses a distributed network of individual users instead of a central server.

P2P

3G, 4G, & LTE are all terms that refer to mobile Internet connectivity

True

Paypal & Google Wallet are both examples of online payment services that allow you to pay for goods online & transfer money to other individuals

True

_____, which can connect to the telephone network, translates analog voice signals into digital data & uses the Internet to transport the data.

VoIP

The _____ is a global system of linked, hypertext doc.

World Wide Web (WWW)