Exam 8: The Internet and the World Wide Web

Performance-based exams cannot be administered and taken online.

____________________ Internet access provides fast transmissions over telephone lines and uses a technology that does not tie up your telephone line.

____ limit search results to just those pages with a specific Web page title, URL, text, or top-level domain.

Many Web pages today use ____ -small text files that are stored on your hard drive by a Web server, typically the one associated with the Web page being viewed-to identify return visitors and their preferences.

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.

One advantage of a dial-up connection is ____.

Describe message boards.

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(n) ____ is a collection of an individual's work accessible through a Web site.

Businesses and ISPs typically archive e-mail messages that travel through their servers.

One advantage of using personal computers for Internet access is that they have relatively large screens for viewing Internet content, and they typically have a full keyboard for easier data entry.

____ refers to any instruction delivered via the Web.

Common online investing services include the ability to set up a(n) ____ that displays the status of the stocks you specify.

A(n) ____________________ is a special symbol that is used in conjunction with a part of a word to specify the pattern of the terms you want to search for.

In 1993, a group of professors and students at the University of Illinois National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) released the Netscape Web browser.

What are the main characteristics of satellite Internet access?

____________________, such as the one shown in the figure above, are increasingly being used to view Web page content, exchange e-mail and instant messages, and download music and other online content.

To identify a secure Web page, look for a URL that begins with https instead of http .

"____________________-based training" refers to any instruction delivered via the Web.

Twittering is sometimes referred to as chatting .