Exam 1: The Environment and the Tools

____ is the worldwide telephone system that handles voice-oriented telephone calls.

Explain the influence on society of inexpensive Internet access and access to the Web.

A ____ facilitates the management of Web content development, including authoring, reviewing, editing, and publishing.

A(n) IM chat site, such as FuzzFizz, Digg, and Newsvine.com allows users to share their Web page favorites, bookmarks, and tags with others.

Large images and multimedia elements on Web pages can degrade the audience's viewing experiences at slower Internet access speeds.

____ exchange millions of electronic messages and share information using the Internet and the Web.

The ____________________ is one top-level domain reserved for business use.

A personal Web site is used to promote and sell products or services.

The term broadband defines high-speed data transmissions over a communication channel that can transmit multiple signals at one time.

Exploring the Web by jumping from one Web page to another is called ____________________ the Web.

As a ____, you would create and revise the text that visitors read when they visit a Web site.

____________________ is a major cooperative initiative among academia, industry, and government agencies to increase the Internet's possibilities.

Which of the following is a software application used to send and receive electronic mail or e-mail?

As shown in the accompanying figure, the PSTN generally uses ____________________ technology, with the exception of the final link from the local telephone company to a home or office.

A user's dial-up line, together with the service provider's ____________________ servers that store frequently requested Web pages, provides high-speed dial-up access.

The accompanying figure illustrates Web sites that participate in ____ e-commerce.

A(n) ____________________ is the numeric address for a computer connected to the Internet.

Modified Multiple Choice Which of the following are members of the Internet2 initiative?

Designing and producing animation, digital video and audio, 2D and 3D models, and other media elements for the Web is generally the role of a ____.

A software program that requests, downloads, and displays Web pages is called a Web ____.