Exam 16: Internet Resource Tools

Before posting articles to a newsgroup or forum, users should read the _________ associated with each newsgroup, which are a common method of providing guidance on questions that users are likely to ask.

Search engines use a specialized computer program called a _____ that travels from site to site indexing, or cataloging, the contents of the pages based on keywords.

A podcast is an audio blog.

Search engines employ a variety of approaches to gathering information, and although they are extremely valuable, users should be aware of potential problems.

Sponsored links are links that are completely independent of any companies.

Most search engines provide an advanced search feature that offers a fill-in form.

Everyone is familiar with what is called the _____, which refers to websites that are indexed by the major search engines and are publicly accessible.

Social networking allows you to connect to an extended set of family, friends, and professional acquaintances.

Although search engine indexes are always complete and current, they are capable of delivering only a small number of results, or hits.

Companies increasingly are using intranets as a means of sharing information and working toward common solutions.

_________ is a term that refers to the delivery of educational or training content over the public Internet or an intranet.

_________ is a system named after a British mathematician George Boole and refers to the relationships among search terms.

When users require IT information, they can access a huge assortment of sites and resources that can be called the _________, which includes many sites IT professionals can use to research specific questions or obtain background information.

In many cases, FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) describe the particular netiquette, or Web guidelines for protocol and courtesy, that exist on a particular newsgroup or site.

_________ allows online users to exchange messages immediately, even while they are working in another program or application.

A(n) _________ is a software program that allows users to access and display webpages that are delivered by a web server.

The Internet allows users to visit the _________, which contains billions of text and multimedia documents called webpages.

When a person subscribes to a list, he or she can receive a collection of messages called a _____, which contains a summary of the postings for a specific time interval (e.g., daily).

Yahoo! offers a popular subject directory that serves as a(n) _________, or entrance to other Internet resources.

The more terms or concepts combined in an AND search, the greater the number of pages that will be returned; the AND operator is always used to broaden a set of search results.