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Chapter 10- Internet Flashcards

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U.S. Department of Defense sets up a computer network called the Advanced Research Project Agency Network (ARPANET), connecting university, military, and defense contractor computers. This is considered the birth of the Internet….

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1969

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Compuserve, the first successful general interest online service

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1979

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The first mobile phone becomes available to consumers

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1983

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America Online begins operation, with simple point-and-click software that quickly makes it the most popular online service

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1989

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The World Wide Web, invented by Tim Berners-Lee, becomes public, allowing users easy access to the internet

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1993

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The internet is turned over to the public sector, partly because there are so many civilians on it that it can no longer be used for national security purposes

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1995

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Google is founded in a garage in California

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1998

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MySpace purchased by News Corp

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2006

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YouTube purchased by google

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2006

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Protestors in Iran use Twitter to maintain contact with outside world

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2009

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Sending digital messages in chunks through any open pathway, to be reassembled at their destination.

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Packet Switching

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12
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Software codes that enable one computer to communicate with another

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Protocols

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A simplified means of navigating the internet based on hypertext links and graphical user interfaces

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World Wide Web

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Highlighted words and images within a web page that allow the user to move to another site by pointing and clicking a mouse button

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Hypertext links (hyperlinks)

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A software program that enables a user to move around the internet

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Browser

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A set of browser features such as icons & hot spots that allow users to navigate websites easily

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Graphical user interface (GUI)

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An Internet address that connects the user to a website on a particular computer

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Uniform resource locator (URL)

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The protocol that enables computers to recognize links on the World Wide Web

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Hypertext transfer protocol (http)

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The basic computer language used to write hypertext transfer protocol (http)

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Hypertext markup language (HTML)

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An advanced programming language used for animated images & advanced sound applications

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Java

21
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Sending live video & broadcasting over online applications

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Streaming

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Downloading & saving a video file at the same time it is being viewed

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Buffering

23
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Web 2.0

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The idea of a second generation internet that is highly participatory, allowing users to improve it as they use it

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Mashup

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Online participation in which users combine material & add to the application as they use it

25
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Using online software applications rather than tolls & information housed on a personal computer

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Cloud Computing

26
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Rudio-wave towers are set up on a grid so that each area of the grid is supplied with radio service

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Cell Technology

27
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Taking classes at locations other than a school facility, especially online

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Distance learning

28
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Games such as EverQuest that allow many players to join in over the Internet…

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Massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs)

29
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Programs that track internet users activities & report them back to advertisers…

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Spyware

30
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Mobile phone text messaging

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SMS(short message service)

31
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Mobile phone text messaging that includes image, sound, or video…

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MMS(multimedia message service)

32
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The selling of foods & services online

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E-commerce

33
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One who uses programming skills to gain illegal access to computer networks or files

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Hacker

34
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Sending fake e-mails to get victims to reveal sensitive information…

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Phishing

35
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Unsolicited e-mail messages

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Spam

36
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A file placed on a computer’s hard drive that enables that computer to be tracked…

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Cookie

37
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Tim Bernard-Lee invented the World Wide Web

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1989

38
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Sites from which users begin their web searching, can influence the direction of the user’s search for information, entertainment, & commerce

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Portals

39
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Who is google founded by? (2 ppl)

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Larry Page & Sergey Brin

40
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Who started the ARPA? (Advanced research Projects Agency

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President Dwight D. Eisenhower

41
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What were computers first used for?

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Computers were used for crunching numbers in long mathematical equations

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Who was the inventor of the telephone and what year?

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Alexander Graham Bell and 1876

43
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Who do many people believe is the true inventor of the telephone?

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Antonio Mexico

44
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What are three basic revenue sources for both mobile & online media…

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1) paid content
2) advertising
3) e-commerce product sales

45
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Who are the “Big Four” wireless providers…

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Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, or T-Mobile

46
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Games such as EverQuest that allow many players to join over the Internet

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Massively Multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs)

47
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What happened in January 2004?

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The first federal law to address the spam problem took effect. This act required unsolicited commercial e-mail messages to be labeled (though not by a standard method) & to include opt-out instructions & the senders physical address. It authorized the FCC to establish a “do-not-e-mail” list similar to the “do not call” list that allows people to opt out of telemarketing calls.

48
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This Act made it illegal to make “indecent communication” available to anyone under 18.

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The Communications Decency Act of 1996

49
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What are the 4 criteria library experts suggest to evaluate web pages used for research?

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Attribution
Authority
Objectivity
Currency

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