Info Systems - Chapter 7

Question 1

Applet

Answer 1

A small program embedded in web pages

Question 2

ARPANET

Answer 2

A project started by the US department do defense in 1969 as both an experiment in a reliable networking and a means to link DoD and military research contractors, including many universities doing military-funded research

Question 3

Backbone

Answer 3

One of the internees high speed, long distance communications links

Question 4

cascading Style Sheet(CSS)

Answer 4

A markup language for defining the visual design of a web page or group of pages

Question 5

Cloud computing

Answer 5

A computing environment in which software and storage are provided as an Internet service and are accessed with a web browser

Question 6

Content Streaming

Answer 6

A method for transferring media files over the Internet so that the data stream of voice and pictures plays more or less continuously as the file is being downloaded

Question 7

Extensible Markup Language (XML)

Answer 7

The markup language designed to transport and store data on the web

Question 8

Extranet

Answer 8

A network based on web technologies that links selected resources of a company’s intranet with its customers, suppliers, or other business partners

Question 9

(FTP) File Transfer Protocol

Answer 9

A protocol that provides that provides a file transfer process between a host and a remote computer and allows users to copy files from one computer to another

Question 10

HTML tags

Answer 10

Codes that let the Web browser know how to format text - as a heading, as a list or as a body text – and wether images, sound, and other elements should be inserted

Question 11

Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)

Answer 11

The standard page description language for web pages

Question 12

IP - Internet Protocol

Answer 12

A communication standard that enables traffic to be routed from one network to another as needed

Question 13

Intranet

Answer 13

An internal corporate network built using Internet and World Wide Web standards and products; used by employees to gain access to corporate info

Question 14

IP address

Answer 14

A 64-bit or 128-bit number that identifies a computer on the Internet

Question 15

Java

Answer 15

An object-oriented programming language from Sun Microsystems based on C++ that allows small programs to be embedded within an HTML document

Question 16

RIA - Rich Internet Application

Answer 16

Software that has the functionality and complexity of traditional application software but does not require local installation and runs in a web browser

Question 17

Telnet

Answer 17

A network protocol that enables users to log on to networks remotely over the Internet

Question 18

TCP - Transmission Control Protocol

Answer 18

The widely used transport- layer protocol that most Internet applications use with IP

Question 19

Tunnelling

Answer 19

The process by which VPNs transfer information by encapsulating traffic in IP packets over the Internet

Question 20

VPN - Virtual Private Network

Answer 20

A secure connection between two points on the Internet

Question 21

Web 2.0

Answer 21

The web as a computing platform that supports software applications and the sharing of info among users

Question 22

Web Application Framework

Answer 22

Web development software that provides the foundational code - or framework - for a professional, interactive website, allowing developers to customize the code to specific needs

Question 23

Web Portal

Answer 23

A Web Page that combines useful info and links and acts as an entry point to the web - they typically include a search engine, a subject directory, daily headlines, and other items of interest. Many ppl choose a web portal as their browsers home page

Question 24

Web Services

Answer 24

Standards and tools that streamline and simplify communication among Websites for business and personal purposes