Exam 8: The Internet and the World Wide Web

The ____________________ is a group of over 450 organizations dedicated to developing new protocols and specifications to promote the evolution of the Web and to ensure its interoperability.

A strategy that is sometimes used with keywords is the wildcard approach.

The use of cookies provides no benefits to consumers.

Twittering allows up to 256 characters. _________________________

Online auctions are the most common way to buy items online from other individuals. _________________________

Video content delivered at the user's request is called ____.

Performance-based exams cannot be administered and taken online.

Buying and selling of stocks, bonds, and other types of securities is referred to as ____________________.

____________________ is the term used for any software program that is installed without the user's knowledge and that secretly gathers information about the user and transmits it through his or her Internet connection.

Direct Internet connections are typically ____ connections.

ISPs that offer free Internet access typically obtain revenue by selling on-screen ads.

Before using a dial-up access number to connect to the Internet, verify that it is a local telephone number; if it is not, you will incur long-distance charges.

Fixed wireless Internet access is similar to satellite Internet in that it uses wireless signals, but it uses radio transmission towers instead of satellites.

Most search sites use a ____-a software program-in conjunction with a huge database of information about Web pages to help visitors find Web pages that contain the information they are seeking.

Web conferences typically take place via a personal computer or mobile phone and are used by businesses and individuals.

According to the online version of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, the term "aphorize" means "to steal and pass off the ideas or words of another as one's own" or to "use another's production without crediting the source."

The Web is a worldwide collection of separate, but interconnected, networks that are accessed daily by millions of people to obtain information, disseminate information, or communicate with others. _________________________

____________________ technology enables one computing device to locate or identify the current status of another device.

____, as it relates to the Internet, encompasses what information about individuals is available, how it is used, and by whom.

Internet Explorer users can view and / or delete cookies and other temporary files by using the ____ dialog box.