Module 2

Question 1

Uniform Resource Locator (URL)

Answer 1

The webpage address that identifies the location of the file on the internet

Question 2

Http://www.cengage.com/student/index.html

Answer 2

Http: - protocol
Www.cengage.com - server address
Cengage.com - domain name
/student/index.html - pathname
/index.html - webpage file name

Question 3

Breadcrumbs

Answer 3

A step in the path you follow to display a webpage

Question 4

Top-level domain (TLD)

Answer 4

The three-letter extension after the period in a domain name, the TLD identifies the type of organization associated with the domain

Question 5

Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)

Answer 5

A nonprofit group that sets standards to allow devices, services, and applications to work together across the internet

Question 6

World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)

Answer 6

One of the leading organizations that set guidelines for the web and that work together to write web standards

Question 7

Digital certificate

Answer 7

a technology used to verify a users identify by using a digital key and that has been “signed” by a trusted third party. This third party verifies the owner and that the key belongs to that owner

Question 8

Digital rights management (DRM)

Answer 8

A collection of technologies used by software publishers and trade groups to fight software piracy and prevent unauthorized copying of digital content; includes authentication, certificates of authenticity, encryption, and digital watermarks

Question 9

Creative Commons (CC)

Answer 9

A nonprofit organization that makes it easy for content creators to license and share their work by supplying easy-to-understand copyright licenses; the creator chooses the conditions under which the work can be used.