Ch6 Internet Flashcards
a world wide interconnected network of computers which use a common protocol to communicate with one another
Internet
The facilities available in the internet are (i) electronic mail:
- Remote login
- File transfer
- Word processing
Internet requires
a commonly agreed set of rules to communicate between computers
Each computer connected to the internet must
have a unique IP address
Internet addresses must always have at least a
country name or organization type
World Wide Web is a
collection of linked information residing on computers connected by the internet
A world wide web contains web pages residing in
many computer linked together using HTML
A web page is located using a
Uniform Resource Locator
A search engine is a
program to search web pages for information using specified search terms
HTML stands for
Hyper Text Markup Language
An example of a correct format of Email address
name@website.info
The computer jargon – WWWW stands for
World Wide Web Worm
The process of transferring files from a computer on the internet to your computer
Downloading
Search engine examples:
- Bing
- Yahoo
Internet explorer falls under the name
Browser
Moving from one website to another is called
Browsing
Which technology enables you to make voice calls over your computer network?
Voice over IP
