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chapter 4 Flashcards

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In 1969, the Advanced Research Projects Agency of the U.S. Department of Defense began connecting computers at four universities in the western United States. The resulting network was called….

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ARPANET

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The national Science Foundation created [blank] in 1981 to bring together researchers in the field of computer science

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CSNET

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The [blank] is a huge, decentralized, and cooperative community of over 2 billion users worldwide

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internet

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The [blank] is a global system of linked, hypertext documents

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World Wide Web

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The hypertext in these documents refers to text that is capable of acting as a [blank], or connector, to another piece of text of document

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hyperlink

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web-based documents are normally referred to as…

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web pages

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several related pages that connect to each other are referred to as a …

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website

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websites are typically located, or hosted, on servers known as…

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web servers

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request web pages are transmitted using a protocol known as…

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HTTP

hypertext transfer protocol

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the fundamental language of a web page is …

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HTML

hypertext markup language

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Web pages also have a standard addressing system known as a [blank], which allows them to be located on the internet

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URL

uniform resource locator

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the [blank] uniquely identifies a site and a brand on the web

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domain name

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the [blank] of a URL is located just before the domain. It usually indicates a specific subdivision or server within a large site

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subdomain

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The last part of a URL will list the [blank] and [blank] where the web page file is located

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folders

subfolders (or directories)

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spam

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unsolicited email that is sent in bulk (junk mail)

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section of an email used to send a copy of your message to individuals other than your primary recipient

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Cc

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any email address placed in [blank] will be invisible to the recipients of your message

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Bcc

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[blank] is sometimes preferably to email because messages and conversations between two or more people occur instantaneously

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real-time communication

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[blank] is the act of having an online, text-based conversation with one or more individuals

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instant messaging

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Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)

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translates analog voice signals into digital data and uses the Internet to transport the data

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[blank] is the broadcast of various types of media, such as radio and TV, over the web

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webcast

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peer-to-peer (p2p)

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method of file sharing that uses a distributed network of individual users instead of a central server to transfer files

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the act of receiving a file

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downloading

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sending a file

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uploading

25
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learning management system (LMS)

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what students often use to complete exams, turn in work, and communicate with their instructor and classmates

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students who simply want to learn and do not require course credit can now enroll in a [blank]. These are huge online courses offered for free by a variety of universities

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Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)

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a category of games known as [blank] allows millions of players to team up with other players in large virtual worlds

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MMORPGs (massively multiplayer online role-playing games)

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Every type of Internet service requires a connection and monthly payment to an…

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Internet service provider (ISP)

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The speed at which data travels to and from the ISP is measured in [blank]

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bits per second (bps)

30
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how many bits are in a kilobit?

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a thousand

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how many bits are in a megabit?

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a million

32
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The first way in which most users connected to the Internet was using a [blank] connection with their phone line

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dial-up

33
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modem

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a device that can convert digital information from a computer into the analog sound waves that could be transmitted over the phone lines

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