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HTML consists of a series of tags that say how text ought to be represented, where graphics should be placed, and what links should be included. (T/F)
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true
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Newspapers are in the process of moving from being products to being brands.(T/F)
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true
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The World Wide Web was developed almost entirely as a for-profit venture. (T/F)
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false
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People connect to the Internet using: wireless services telephone lines cable television lines all of the above.
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all of the above
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Who developed TCP/IP, the original specification for the Internet's protocols? Tim Berners-Lee Steve Case Bob Kahn and Vint Cerf Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak
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Bob Kahn and Vint Cerf
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The purpose of hypertext is to let people move electronically from one document to another without necessarily knowing which computers the documents are located on.(T/F)
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true
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Google News has a large staff to decide which news stories will get posted to the site. (T/F)
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false
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On a Web site, cookies are:
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files used to identify and track visitors at a Web sites
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More than half of the world's population can be considered "active" Internet users according to a chart described in the lecture.(T/F)
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false
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Paul Baran's idea of cutting messages into small pieces and sending them on the easiest route was known as: digital pipeline packet switching teleconferencing E-mail
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packet switching
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Twitter was originally created so people could share their answers to the question:
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what are you doing?
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The World Wide Web became the standard for posting documents on the Internet because its creator:
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gave it away for free
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The audience for online news sites has now surpassed the size of the audience for television news.(T/F)
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false
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The Uniform Resource Locator (URL) is the address of content placed on the Web.(T/F)
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true
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Broadcast journalist Tony Russell uses the following social media platform regularly on the job ___________________________. Instagram Twitter Ustream All of the above
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all of the above
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What is the abbreviation for the name of an address where Web pages are located?
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url
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Web sites use _____ to track users while they are on the site.
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small file called cookies
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One example of reverse synergy discussed in the lecture included __________________________. concerns about privacy and the Web. concerns about digital sites making more money than legacy platforms. concerns about companies with a strong Web presence controlling accesss to too much information. concerns about the Deep Web.
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concerns about privacy and the Web.
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According to Tim Berners-Lee, what is a principle upon which the Web is based? The Web should only be a tool for retrieving accurate information. Users should be able to link to any document at anywhere in the world. Some documents should only be accessible to a few people. Copyright should be eliminated.
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Users should be able to link to any document at anywhere in the world.
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Information from the Internet may be unreliable because it does not have the gatekeepers deciding what information should or should not be published.(T/F)
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true
