Exam 3: The Internet and the World Wide Web

____ is the most widely used type of home broadband connection, with over half of the home broadband market.

Conventional dial-up connects to the Internet at a maximum of ____.

A(n)____________________ site can be loosely defined as any site that creates a community of individuals who can communicate with and/or share information with one another.

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

The Internet we know today is the result of the evolution of ARPANET and the creation of the ____________________.

Describe the use of Boolean operators as a search strategy.

Direct Internet connections are much slower than dial-up connections.

Fixed wireless Internet access is similar to satellite Internet in that it uses wireless signals, but it uses radio transmission towers instead of satellites.

The primary infrastructure that makes up the ____ is typically owned by communications companies, such as telephone and cable companies.

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.

____ is a new alternative for homes and businesses today in areas where there is fiber optic cabling available all the way to the building.

People who use the Internet for activities, such as looking up telephone numbers, browsing through online catalogs, or making an online purchase, are referred to as "users."

____________________ is the term used for any software program that is installed without the user's knowledge and that secretly gathers information about the user and transmits it through his or her Internet connection.

The accompanying figure shows a(n)____________________ site.

One of the most straightforward ways to improve the quality of the hits returned in a search is to use ____-essentially typing more than one keyword in a keyword search.

  The accompanying figure shows the MSN ____ Web page.

To determine if the information from a Web page can be trusted, you should evaluate both the ____ and the source.

____ is an online news tool designed for facilitating the delivery of news articles, podcasts, and other content regularly published to a Web site.

In a nutshell, blogs are designed for primarily one-way running communications, while ____ are intended to be modified by others.

Online music ____ allow you to purchase and then download music singles and albums to your computer, mobile phone, or portable digital media player.