Chap 2 Flashcards

1
Q

Examples of Wired

A

– Cable Internet service
– DSL (digital subscriber line)
– Fiber to the Premises (FTTP)

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2
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Examples of Wireless

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– Wi-Fi (wireless fidelity)
– Mobile broadband
– Fixed wireless
– Satellite Internet Service

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3
Q

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

A

A hot spot

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4
Q

a business that provides individuals and organizations access to the Internet free or for a fee

A

An Internet service provider (ISP)

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5
Q

a sequence of numbers that
uniquely identifies the location of each computer or
device connected to the Internet or any other
network

A

IP address

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6
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domain name

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a text-based name that
corresponds to the IP address of a server

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7
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DNS server

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translates the domain name into its
associated IP address

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8
Q

consists of a worldwide collection of electronic documents (webpages)

A

World Wide Web (WWW)

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9
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website

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a collection of related webpages and
associated items

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10
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web server

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a computer that delivers requested
webpages to your computer or mobile device

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11
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HTML (Hypertext Markup Language)

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a set of symbols that developers use to specify the
headings, paragraphs, images, links, and other
content elements that a webpage contains

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12
Q

the first page that a website
displays

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A home page

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13
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Current browsers typically

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tabbed browsing

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14
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Popular Browsers :

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Apple Safari
Google Chrome
Microsoft Edge
Mozilla Firefox

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15
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A webpage has a unique address

A

a web address or URL

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16
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web search engine

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software that finds websites, webpages, images, videos, news, maps, and other information related to a specific topic

17
Q

several types of websites

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– Search engine
– Online social network
– Informational and research
– Media sharing
– Bookmarking
– News, weather, sports, and other mass media

18
Q

Web publishing

A

is the creation and maintenance
of websites

19
Q

Purposes of websites

A
  • Careers and employment
  • E-commerce
  • Portals
  • Content aggregation
  • Website creation and management
  • Entertainment
  • Banking and finance
  • Travel and tourism
  • Mapping
  • Retail and auctions
  • Educational
  • Business, governmental, and organizational
  • Blogs
  • Wiki and collaboration
  • Health and fitness
  • Science
20
Q

Multimedia

A

refers to any application that combines
text with media
– Graphics
– Animation
– Audio
– Video
– Virtual Reality

21
Q

graphic

A

a visual representation of non-text
information

22
Q

a visual representation of data
and information, designed to communicate
quickly, simplify complex concepts, or present
patterns or trends

A

An infographic

23
Q

Animation

A

the appearance of motion created by
displaying a series of still images in sequence

24
Q

the use of computers to
simulate a real or imagined environment that
appears as a three-dimensional (3-D) space

A

Virtual reality (VR)

25
Q

Email

A

transmission of messages and files via
a computer network

26
Q

email program

A

allows you to create, send,
receive, forward, store, print, and delete email
messages

27
Q

email list

A

a group of email addresses used
for mass distribution of a message

28
Q

services, which often occur in
real-time, are communications services that notify
you when one or more of your established contacts
are online and then allows you to exchange
messages or files or join a private chat room with
them

A

Internet messaging

29
Q

chat

A

a real-time typed conversation that takes
place on a computer or mobile device with many
other online users

30
Q

a website or application that
permits users to chat with others who are online at
the same time

A

chat room

31
Q

online discussion

A

an online area in which
users have written discussions about a particular
subject

32
Q

enables users to speak to other
users via their Internet connection

A

VoIP (Voice over IP)

33
Q

an Internet standard
that permits file uploading and downloading to and
from other computers on the Internet

A

FTP (File Transfer Protocol)

34
Q

Netiquette

A

is the code of acceptable Internet
behavior users should follow while on the
Internet

35
Q

A citation

A

is a formal reference to a source, such as a published
work.

36
Q

it is not subject to copyright.

A

A public domain