Test 1 (Chapter TWO) terms

Question 1

The vast network of telephone and cable lines, wireless connections, and satellite systems designed to link and carry computer information worldwide.

Answer 1

Internet

Question 2

The original Internet, Designed by the US Defense Department’s Advanced research Projects Agency (ARPA)

Answer 2

ARPAnet

Question 3

Electronic mail messages sent over the INternet; developed by computer engineer Ray Tomlinson in 1971

Answer 3

e-mail

Question 4

Miniature circuits that process and store electronic signals, integrating thousands of electronic components into thin strands of silicon along which binary codes travel

Answer 4

Microprocessors

Question 5

Thin glass bundles of fiber capable of transmitting along cable wires thousands of messages converted to shooting pulses of light; these bundles of fiber can carry broadcast channels, telephone signals, and all sorts of digital codes.

Answer 5

Fiber-Optic cable

Question 6

A data-linking system for organizing and standardizing information on the Internet; the WWW enables computer -accessed information to associate with-or link to- other information, no matter where it is on the Internet.

Answer 6

World Wide Web

Question 7

The written code that creates Web pages and links; a language all

Answer 7

HTML (hypertext markup language)

Question 8

Information-search services, such as Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Google Chrome, that offer detailed organizational maps to the Internet

Answer 8

Browsers

Question 9

A company that provides Internet access to homes and businesses for a fee.

Answer 9

Internet service provider

Question 10

Data transmission over a fiber optic cable- a signalling method that handles a wide range of frequencies.

Answer 10

Broadband

Question 11

Images, texts, and sounds that use pulses of electric current or flashes of last light and are converted or encoded into electronic signals represented as varied combos of binary numbers, ones and zeros,; these signals are then reassembled (decoded) as a precise reproduction of a TV picture, magazine article or telephone voice.

Answer 11

Digital communication

Question 12

a Web feature that enables users to chat with buddies in real time via popup windows assigned to each conversation.

Answer 12

IM

Question 13

google bing yahoo etc…

Answer 13

Search Engine

Question 14

Digital applications that allow people world-wide to have conversations, share common interests and generate their own media content online

Answer 14

Social Media

Question 15

Sites that contain articles in reverse chronological journal-like form, often with reader comments and links to other articles on the Web

Answer 15

Blogs

Question 16

Websites that are capable of being edited by any user; the most famous is Wikipedia.

Answer 16

Wiki Web Sites

Question 17

Online communities that exist for the sharing of all types of content from text to photos and videos

Answer 17

Content Communities

Question 18

Sites on which users can create content share ideas and interact with friends.

Answer 18

Social Networking Sites

Question 19

The sweeping update of telecommunications law that led to a wave of media consolidation.

Answer 19

Telecommunications Act of 1996

Question 20

an entry point to the internet, such as a search engine.

Answer 20

Portal

Question 21

The unethical gathering of data by online purveyors of content and merchandise

Answer 21

Data Mining

Question 22

Electronic commerce, or commercial activity on the web.

Answer 22

E-Commerce

Question 23

Information profiles about a user that are usually automatically accepted by a Web browser and stored on the user’s own computer hard drive.

Answer 23

Cookies

Question 24

software with secretive codes that enable commercial firms to “spy” on users and gain access to their computers

Answer 24

Spyware

Question 25

Controversial Web site policies over personal data gathering: opt-in means Web sites must gain explicit permission from online consumers before the site can collect their personal data; opt-out means that web sites can automatically collect personal data unless the consumer goes to the trouble of filling out a specific form to restrict the practice.

Answer 25

Opt-in or Opt-out policies

Question 26

An internet scam that begins with phony e-mail messages that appear to be from an official site and request that customers send their credit card numbers and other personal information to update the account.

Answer 26

Phishings

Question 27

The socioeconomic disparity between those who do and those who do not have access to digital technology and media such as the Internet

Answer 27

Digital Divide

Question 28

The principle that every Web site and every user-whether a multinational corporation or you-- has the right to the same internet network speed and access.

Answer 28

Net-Neutrality

Question 29

Noncommercial software shared freely and developed collectively on the Internet.

Answer 29

Open-source software