Exam 11: The Internet and Multimedia

Which of the following is a standard for interfacing external applications with information servers, such as HTTP or web servers?

When a stream of data is sent over the Internet by your computer, it is first broken down into __________ by the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP).

Which of the following is not a way to establish a physical data connection to the Internet?

Some sounds can be __________ so multiple users can simultaneously listen to the same data without duplication across the Internet.

__________ provides rules for contacting, requesting, and sending documents encoded with the Hypertext Markup Language.

The Internet began as a research network funded by which organization?

Briefly explain the internetworking that enables you to type http://www.facebook.com into a browser and have the requested web page display on your personal computer.

When you type a URL into a web browser, your computer connects to a(n) __________ to obtain the requested web page.

When a server receives a request, it is handled by a specific application called a __________ that responds to the request based on the protocol.

A(n) __________ connection is the most serious impediment to sending multimedia across the Internet.

ICANN has approved plans for a major sale of new generic __________.

__________ are the apps that run on a user's personal computer to provide the interface for downloading and viewing documents and multimedia.

Identify the protocol for the following URL: http://www.tayvaughan.com/writings/other/index.html.

The Internet began as a research network funded by which of the following organizations in 1969?

Commercial use of the Internet was allowed in __________.

Which of the following is not something a multimedia developer can do to work within the constraints of bandwidth bottlenecks?