IT Vocab 6

Question 1

Software that adds functionality to a web browser

Answer 1

Browser Extension

Question 2

A small piece of data sent from a website and stored on a user’s computer by the web browser while the user is browsing; designed to help websites remember information such as items in an online shopping cart and entries in a web form so that the website can customize a web page for the user

Answer 2

Cookie

Question 3

A feature most web browsers that prevents pop-ups windows such as advertisements form being displayed

Answer 3

Pop-up Blocker

Question 4

A computer that provides a gaming environment that tracks events in multiplayer video games

Answer 4

Gaming server

Question 5

Resources such as original speeches, letters, poems, laws, scientific fieldwork, and artwork

Answer 5

Primary Source

Question 6

Books or articles written by experts who have credentials in a particular field of study

Answer 6

Academic Source

Question 7

A device usually located on a building wall, that provides a port (usually RJ-45) where a network cable can be connected. On the hidden side is wiring to a patch panel or to a network device

Answer 7

Wall Jack

Question 8

Resources that compile or summarize material from other sources including bibliographies, abstracts, and online article indexes and databases

Answer 8

Tertiary Source

Question 9

The process of transferring source code from a web server to a web browser and running that code directly in the browser

Answer 9

Client-Side Scripting

Question 10

A computer component that provides a port (usually RJ-45) where a network cable can be connected

Answer 10

Network Interface

Question 11

A device that stands as an intermediary between an application such as a web browser and the Internet; intercepts all requests and can use filter rules to allow or deny internet traffic

Answer 11

Proxy Server

Question 12

Resources such as articles or books that review, analyze, or describe primary sources

Answer 12

Secondary Source

Question 13

Resources such as personal websites, online forums, news websites, and online magazines whose audience is consumers of information – people looking for practical information to solve a problem, make a purchasing decision, or just become better informed on current events and issues

Answer 13

Consumer-Level Source

Question 14

A group of networked computers that are physically close together, usually in the same building

Answer 14

Local Area Network (LAN)

Question 15

A network interface or connection with eight pins

Answer 15

Registered Jack 45 (RJ-45) interface

Question 16

A computer that provide network access to shared disk storage

Answer 16

File server

Question 17

A network or interconnected LANs across a large geographical location

Answer 17

Wide Area Network (WAN)

Question 18

A computing model where computer servers supply network and computational services (such as email, file sharing, online gaming, and VoIP) that are consumed by client computers

Answer 18

Client-Server Model

Question 19

A computer that stores databases, which are huge repositories of organized data

Answer 19

Database server

Question 20

A computer that stores web pages and hypertext documents and transmits them to devices requesting these pages

Answer 20

Web Server

Question 21

A digital document that contains encryption keys and is used for encryption and identification

Answer 21

Certificate

Question 22

A computer that provides email services to a network

Answer 22

Mail server

Question 23

The format used for citing academic sources, including author, date of publication, and journal title

Answer 23

Citation style

Question 24

A cable that provides connectivity between network devices; connecting to a computer’s network interface with a wall jack

Answer 24

Network Cable

Question 25

The storing of images, sounds, web pages, and other information associated with particular websites that allows a browser to redisplay data without having to reload it from the website

Answer 25

Caching

Question 26

A network interface or connection with four pins and a clip to hold the plug into a wall socket

Answer 26

Registered Jack 11 (RJ-11) interface