Exam 2: Communications, Networks, the Internet, and the World Wide Web

A collection of related Web pages that can be accessed electronically is called a ____.

The protocol used to define the process illustrated in the accompanying figure on the Internet is a communications protocol known as ____________________.

A(n) ____________________ is a program that interprets HTML and displays Web pages and enables users to link to other Web pages and Web sites.

A(n) communications ____________________ is a collection of computers and other equipment organized to share data, information, hardware, and software.

In your role as media specialist for the school, you are trying to determine what form of multimedia would best meet the needs of your students in various circumstances. Which of the following multimedia formats would be the best to use for students who missed a class but have access to an iPod?

The accompanying figure is an example of a(n) ____ network.

A(n) ____________________ manages the resources on a network and provides a centralized storage area for software programs and data.

HTML codes, called ____________________, define the placement and format of text, graphics, video, and sound on a Web page.

Today, more than one billion users around the world connect to the Internet for a variety of reasons. List and describe some of the possible uses of the Internet.

Each Web page on a Web site has a unique address, called a(n) ____________________.

Virtual reality is used for which of the following practical applications?

An original newsgroup article and all subsequent related replies are called a(n) ____________________.

Web 2.0 or Semantic Web is when the semantics of information and services on the Web is defined, thus allowing the Web to understand and satisfy the requests of people to use the Web content instantly.

A(n) ____ is a business that provides Internet access to a specific geographic area.

Individual user accounts for Internet access vary from about ____ per month for high-speed access.

A subject ____ is a type of search tool that allows users to navigate to areas of interest without having to enter keywords.

____ is/are the simulation of a real or imagined environment that appears as a three-dimensional (3-D) space.

A(n) ____ is a collection of files including text, graphics, audio, video, and program files.

To start a chat session, a user is connected to a chat server through a chat ____, which is a program on the computer.

____ is a technique, as shown in the accompanying figure, in which messages are broken into individual pieces.