CSA 110 – Chapter 02 – Flashcards
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The ____ is a huge (worldwide) computer network; in contrast to the Web, it is the actual physical network made up of wires, cables, and satellites.
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Internet
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Launched in 1969 as a U.S. funded project that developed a national computer network, the Internet was initially called _______.
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ARPANET
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Introduced in 1992, the ____ is a multimedia interface for the resources available on the Internet.
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Web
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The most common way to access the Internet is through an _______ like Comcast or AT&T.
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ISP
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For browsers to connect you to resources on the Web, the location or address of the resources must be specified. These addresses are called ____.
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URLs
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URL stands for ____ ____ ____.
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Uniform Resource Locator
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ISP stands for ____ ____ ____.
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Internet Service Provider
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A web page typically contains _______, which provides the instructions for how to format and display the web page.
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HTML
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A clickable connection or link from one web page (or document) to another.
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hyperlink
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E-mail that runs through a browser and does not require an e-mail program installed on a user's computer is known as ____.
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webmail
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Unwanted, unsolicited e-mails.
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spam
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Probably the two largest social networking sites are ____ and Google+.
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Facebook
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This social networking site is used for professional, business-oriented networking.
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LinkedIn
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A ____ publishes short sentences that only take a few seconds to write, rather than long stories or posts like a traditional blog.
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microblog
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The most popular microblog.
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Twitter
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A type of personal Web site where articles are regularly posted; also known as a "web log."
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blog
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An Internet delivery medium that uses streaming technology, in which audio and video files are continuously downloaded to a computer while the user is listening to and/or viewing the file content.
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webcast
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A special program that continually looks for new information and updates a search server's databases.
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spider
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The sites that a search engine returns after running a keyword search, ordered from most likely to least likely to contain the information requested.
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hits
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In terms of the three basic types of e-commerce, would an online auction site like eBay be an example of B2C, C2C, or B2B?
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C2C
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A program that is automatically loaded and operates as part of a browser.
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plug-in
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This method of file transfer has been used for decades and is frequently used for uploading changes to a Website hosted by an Internet service provider.
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FTP
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FTP stand for ____ ____ ____.
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File Transfer Protocol
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This method of file transfer distributes file transfers across many different computers.
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BitTorrent
