Chapter 9 (Quiz)
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Open source software has code that ban be updated by anyone interested in modifying it
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True
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User-created content on the Web included which of the following
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Either -- phishing, sponsored links, blogs, or wiki websites and blogs
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AOL began losing customers in the early 2000s because
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Its dial up internet service wasn't broadband
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Wikis are informative websites that are strictly controlled by professional editors
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False
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The web is a participatory medium in which anyone can be involved
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True
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The Linux operating system was developed by Microsoft in an attempt to deter an antitrust suit by the U.S. government
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False
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Many internet visionaries talk about the Web 3.0 as the "romantic web"
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False
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Facebook is a
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Social networking site
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The internet was created by private enterprise, but it has been taken over and expanded by the federal government
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False
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A 2003 court decision upheld Congress's authority to restrict children's access to pornographic websites
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True
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Computer engineer Ray Tomlison, who invented email, established the "login name @ host computer" convention for email addresses
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True
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According to the text, which of the following technological advancements have aided the internets role in media convergence
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The development of smaller personal computers, made possible through the development of microchips and microprocessors The development of digital technologies that allow for information to be transferred as a series of binary codes The development of fiber-optic cable, which allowed a massive amount of information to be transmitted
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HTML stands for HyperText Markup Language
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True
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The internet was designed so that a centralized authority could control communication during a nuclear disaster
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False
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MapQuest, ICQ, CitySearch, and Moviefone are all owned by
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AOL
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What was the original motivation for developing the internet
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Military and academic research
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Cookies are information profiles that allow a website owner to chart the computers users movement within the website and collect other information about the user
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True
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ARPAnet is a browser
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False
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Talking Points Memo is a leading
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Blog
