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who invented the world wide web
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Tim Berners-Lee at CERN
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fathers of the internet
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vinton cerf and robert kahn
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the web is on the ___ protocol
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Hypertext Transfer
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Computer connected to the internet that asks for data
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Client
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Web 2.0 is classified as
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social Web
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s in https stands for
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Secure socket layer
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Web based universal chat service that lets you communicate with users on a variety of IM services from any computer without having to install a special program
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Meebo
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.com is the
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top-level domain
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In the URL http://www.pearsonhighered.com/techinaction, the portion labeled "techinaction" is the
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path
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http is the
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protocol
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A subset of e-commerce that uses social networks to assist in marketing and purchasing products is known as
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Social Commerce
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The browser feature where tabs are independent of each other is known as
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Tab Isolation
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the organization responsible for the Internet's domain name system and IP address allocation
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ICANN
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consortium of organizations that develops Web protocols and sets standards
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W3C
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provides leadership for the orderly growth and development of the Internet
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Internet Society
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The main path, analogous to an interstate highway system, of the Internet along which data travel the fastest is known as
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The internet backbone
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high-speed, fiber-optic communications lines
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OC lines
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A typical ________ is made up of one or more network switches to which ISPs connect
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Internet Exchange Point
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individual Internet users enter an ISP through a
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Point of Presence
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the main suite of protocols used on the Internet
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TCP/IP
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Open system Internet protocols replaced
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Proprietary system internet protocols
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Which protocol transfers HTML data from servers to browsers?
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HTTP
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Which protocol is used to transmit e-mail over the Internet?
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SMTP
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If you regularly download and upload files, chances are that you are using
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FTP
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an IP addressing scheme that uses 128-bit addressing
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IPv6
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An IP address that does not change and is usually assigned manually by a network administrator
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Static Address
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takes a pool of IP addresses and shares them with hosts on the network on an as-needed basis
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DHCP server
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The root DNS servers know the location of all DNS servers that contain the master listings for an entire
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top-level domain
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IPv4 allows for approximately________ different IP addresses
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4 billion
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When checking to see whether a particular name is registered on the Internet, your computer consults a database that is maintained on a
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DNS Server
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Sending a movie trailer over the Internet is most appropriate using the
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Real-time transport protocol
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a methodology by which a browser can request that a program file be run rather than just being delivered to the browser
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CGI
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Strong encryption now calls for________-bit keys
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256
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bit is short for
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Binary digit
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________ printers have tiny hammer-like keys that strike the paper through an inked ribbon
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Impact
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Inkjet printers and laser printers are examples of ________ printers
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nonimpact
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RAM is a ________ storage location
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volatile
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Processing performance is affected by the number of processing paths called ________
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cores
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where a peripheral device can attach to a computer so that data can be exchanged between it and the operating system
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port
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The computer port that is used to connect televisions and DVD players
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DVI
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enables your computer to connect to other computers or to the Interne
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Network interface card
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the applied science concerned with designing and arranging machines and furniture so that people use so that the people using them aren't subjected to an uncomfortable or unsafe experience
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Ergonomics
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The rule of thumb that predicts that CPU capacity will double every two years
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Moore's Law
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The CPU consists of
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The control unit and the arithmetic logic unit
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The control unit is one component of the
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CPU
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There are ________ levels of cache memory
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3
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Cache memory levels are defined by
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the amount of storage space on the chip
