Exam 2: Technology Infrastructure the Internet and the World Wide Web

_____ tags convey the meaning (the semantics) of the information included within them.

A(n) _____ is used when the Internet extends beyond the boundaries of an organization and includes networks of other organizations.

A newer e-mail protocol that performs the same basic functions as POP, but includes additional features, is known as _____.

IPv6 uses a _____ number for addresses.

The Semantic Web project envisions words on Web pages being tagged with their meanings.

_____ uses paired start and stop tags in much the same way as database software defines a record structure.

_____ determine how a sending device indicates that it has finished sending a message and how the receiving device indicates that it has received the message.

A network of computers that are located in the same building is called a wide area network.

A hierarchical hyperlink structure resembles conventional paper documents in that the reader begins on the first page and clicks the Next button to move to the next page in a serial fashion.

HTML, XML, and XHTML have descended from the original _____ specification.

A(n) _____ is a set of instructions that gives Web developers more control over the format of displayed pages.

SGML offers a system of marking up documents that is independent of any software application.

Describe the process of routing packets in a network.

The _____ controls the disassembly of a message or a file into packets before it is transmitted over the Internet, and it controls the reassembly of those packets into their original formats when they reach their destinations.

A _____ structure resembles an inverted tree in which the root is at the top and the branches are below it.

The most important parts of a Web page are the graphics, photographs, and small programs that run in the Web browser.

The combination of telephone lines and the closed switches that connect them to each other is called a _____.

Describe the two main protocols used by the Internet.

_____ was the first Web browser that became widely available for personal computers.

_____ specifies the format of a mail message and describes how mail is to be administered on the e-mail server and transmitted on the Internet.