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

A VR world is an entire 3-D site containing infinite space and depth.

____________________ enables a user to listen to the sound file from a Web page as it downloads to a computer.

A ____ is a computer that delivers requested Web pages.

While the World Wide Web was developed in the late 1960s, the Internet came into existence less than a decade ago - in the early 1990s.

:) (Smile), :( (Frown), :| (Indifference), :\ (Undecided), :-D (Laughing), and :o (Surprise) are popular ____ used to express feeling in an e-mail message.

____ is the code of acceptable behaviors users should follow while on the Internet.

Twisted-pair cable consists of pairs of plastic-coated fiber-optic wires twisted together.

A(n) ____________________ is a high-speed network that connects regional and local networks to the Internet.

DSL can provide Internet access from 25 to 150 times faster than dial-up access.

Communications refers to the transfer of data, instructions, and information between two or more computers or devices.

You are working on lesson plans for your class and are trying to determine the best category of Web site to have your students use. Which of the following Web site categories would you recommend for your students who want to share stories they have written with their friends?

When using Internet telephony, the spoken words are converted to analog signals.

E-mail has become a primary communications method for both personal and business use.

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 lab on frog dissection?

You are working on lesson plans for your class and are trying to determine the best category of Web site to have your students use. Which of the following Web site categories would you recommend for your students who are doing research papers on one of the 50 states?

Internet ____ allows parents, teachers, and others to block access to certain materials on the Internet.

Netiquette recommends that Internet users avoid sending or posting flames, which are ____.

To develop a Web page, it is necessary to be a computer programmer - and to learn advanced HTML.

The technique illustrated in the accompanying figure in which messages are broken into pieces, sent along the best route available, and then reassembled into the data is called ____________________.

Most Web pages contain ____, which are built-in connections to other related Web pages.