Unit 2

Question 1

WWW

Answer 1

World Wide Web. A hypermedia-based system for browsing Internet sites.

Question 2

Software

Answer 2

Software is the program or set of programs that tell a computer what to do.

Question 3

Boolean Search Logic

Answer 3

Combining words and phrases using the words AND, OR, NOT and NEAR (otherwise known
as Boolean operators) to limit, widen, or define your Internet search

Question 4

Internet

Answer 4

A network of networks; a group of networks interconnected via routers.

Question 5

Central Processing Unit

Answer 5

(CPU). The central processing unit controls the operation of a computer.

Question 6

HTML

Answer 6

HyperText Markup Language. The language used to create World Wide Web pages, with hyperlinks and markup for text formatting (different heading styles, bold, italic, numbered lists, insertion of images, etc.).

Question 7

Virus

Answer 7

A program that can “infect” other programs by modifying them to include a, possibly evolved, copy of itself.

Question 8

Science

Answer 8

The intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behavior of
the physical and natural world through observation and experiment

Question 9

Digital Camera

Answer 9

A camera that takes pictures without film, and records the images in digital form.

Question 10

Digital Video Camera

Answer 10

A video camera is a camera used for electronic motion picture acquisition, initially developed
by the television industry but now common in other applications as well

Question 11

CPU

Answer 11

Central Processing Unit. The CPU controls the operation of a computer.

Question 12

URL

Answer 12

Uniform Resource Locator, the global address of documents and other resources on the World Wide Web.

Question 13

Communication

Answer 13

The imparting or exchanging of information or news

Question 14

Browser

Answer 14

Term used to describe the client program for the World Wide Web that allows users to read hypertext documents and navigate between them.

Question 15

Download

Answer 15

To transfer files or data from one computer to another.

Question 16

Applications

Answer 16

The programs and other operating information used by a computer

Question 17

Technology

Answer 17

Hardware, software, and firmware systems and system elements including, but not limited to, information technology, embedded systems, or any other electro-mechanical or processor-based systems.

Question 18

Hyperlink

Answer 18

A link in an HTML document that leads to another World Wide Web site, or another place within the same document. Hyperlinks are usually underlined or shown in a differentcolor from the surrounding text.

Question 19

E-Mail

Answer 19

Electronic mail. A service that sends messages on computers via local or global networks.

Question 20

Surf

Answer 20

To browse the Internet; look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular

Question 21

Hardware

Answer 21

The hardware is the physical part of a computer system; the machinery and equipment. Software means the programs that tell the computer what to do.