CFP Midterm Examination - Group 5 Flashcards
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is a global communication system that links together thousands of individual networks. allows exchanging information between computers on a network.
Internet
Give the 2 types of computer networks
Local Area Network (LAN) - computer network established within a small geographic area.
Wide Area Network (WAN) - computer network that covers a broad geographical area.
–BEAR IN MIND!!–
- The foundation of the internet began in 1969.
- World Wide Web - first browser
- 3.26 billion or less than half of the world’s population is the current estimate of internet users.
- Wireless Fidelity (WI-FI) was introduced in 1997.
the word internet is derived from the words?
‘Interconnection’ and ‘Networks’.
is a virtual network of websites connected by hyperlinks or links.
World Wide Web (WWW)
the basic scripting language used by web browsers to render pages on www as it is the backbone of it that is made of html files.
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
also known as the web address , it tells the browser exactly where to find page.
Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
–HOW IS THE INTERNET IS USED–
- finding information online
- to communicate
- media on the internet
- using internet in the future
comes from the word ‘modulator’ or ‘demodulator’. it is an any of a class of a electronic devices that convert digital data signals into modulated analog signals suitable for transmission over analog telecommunication circuits.
Modem
its name is derived from - can route data it receives from one network onto another.
a piece of a computer hardware designed to allow computers to communicate over a computer network.
Router
it is a group of devices that connect to the internet and to each other. a wired network can be connected through cables.
Home Networking
is a series of characters that is used to control access to the network.
Encryption Password
give at least 4 common examples of browsers.
Chrome
Internet Explorer
Safari
Opera
shows the web address (URL) of the pages you are on. go to different page, type an address in it and enter.
Address Bar
it can lead to another web page, document, video, or any other type of file.
Links
it can lead to another web page, document, video, or any other type of file.
Links
the back and forward buttons allows you to move through websites you’ve recently viewed.
Navigation Buttons
is the element that we use to enter search queries.
Search Bar
it can make easier to find a page later on instead of having to remember the exact web address.
Bookmarks
a lists of recently visited websites.
Browsing History
allows to open a link in a new tab that keeps the current page open instead of going directly to the new page.
Tabbed Browsing
enables you to put the file on your computer, you to access it.
Downloading Files
are programs that are installed in your browser to play various types of media.
Plug-ins
it is a web-based tool that enables users to locate information on the www.
Search Engine
give at lease 3 examples of common search engines.
Google
Yahoo
Bing
it is a way to send and receive digital messages. mails or messages which are delivered using an electronic medium by a network.
refers to the mails which are delivered physically by conventional postal delivery services.
Snail Mail
