CH 2 Flashcards

1
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A worldwide collection of networks

A

The Internet

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2
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W3C

A

tries to govern the internet, this way no country owns the internet , located in Switzerland

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3
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WAN

A

Wide Area Network

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4
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LAN

A

Local Area Network

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5
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ARPANET

A

Advanced Research Projects Agency; pentagon project started to develop a way to communicate between distance

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6
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DSL

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Digital Subscriber Line, high speed telephone line

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7
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1969

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year internet and email was invented

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8
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Allow scientists at different locations to share information; function if part of the network were disabled

A

e-mail; internet

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9
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modem

A

a combined device for modulation and demodulation

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10
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Wi-Fi

A

wireless fidelity

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11
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A location that provides computers with Internet access , usually for a fee

A

cybercafe

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12
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a wireless network that provides Internet connections to mobile computers and devices

A

hot spot

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13
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services on the internet

A

Instant messaging, internet telephony, newsgroups, email,chat rooms, web

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14
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ISP

A

internet service provider

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15
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bandwidth

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represents the amount pf data that travels over a network

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16
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megabyte

A

millions of bytes per second

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17
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gigabyte

A

billions of bytes

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18
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byte

A

a character

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19
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webpages

A

worldwide collection of electronic documents

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20
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website

A

collection of related webpages

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21
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web server

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computer that contains websites and delivers the requested webpages to your computer

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22
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an application that enables users to access and view webpages

A

browser

23
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homepage (also called a portal page)

A

first page that a website displays

24
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search engine

A

software that finds information related to a specific topic

25
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keyword search

A

requires entering of words or phrases (search text)

26
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IP address

A

a sequence of numbers that uniquely identifies each computer or device connected to the internet

27
Q

domain name

A

text-based name that corresponds to the IP address

28
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DNS

A

domain name server; translates the domain name into its associated IP address

29
Q

TLD

A

top-level-domain abbreviation eg, .com, .gov, .org

30
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spider

A

software reads web pages and creates an index

31
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hit

A

webpage link that is listed as a result of a search; ip address is not listed in the hit

32
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subject directory

A

search tool with an organized set of topics and subtopics

33
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url

A

uniform resource locator

34
Q

hypertext transfer protocol

A

http://

35
Q

plug-ins

A

run multimedia elements

36
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applet

A

small application plug in

37
Q

jpeg

A

picture format (complex images)

38
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gif

A

clip art (line art) format

39
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thumbnails

A

small versions of a larger image

40
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animation

A

the appearance of motion

41
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marquees

A

text scrolling across the screen

42
Q

animated gif

A

combines several still images into a single file

43
Q

MP3

A

compressed sound formats

44
Q

streaming audio

A

listen as sound file is downloaded

45
Q

internet telephony

A

internet telephone service

46
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VoIP

A

Voice over IP (internet protocol)

47
Q

Real audio

A

listen live to radio and tv

48
Q

streaming video

A

view as video file is downloaded, allows video conferencing

49
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real video

A

live video feeds

50
Q

MPEG

A

motion picture experts group

51
Q

web app

A

an application stored on a web server that you access through a browser

52
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web publishing

A

the development and maintenance of websites

53
Q

FTP

A

file transfer protocol