Exam 10: The Internet and Its Tools

The address of a Web site, known as an URL (Uniform Resource Locator) , is divided into different levels.

A _____ allows users to post questions and answers to a central location instead of being sent directly to each subscriber.

______________________________ is a standard way of defining how text, pictures, and graphics should appear on a Web page.

Each is a top-level domain name except _____.

Many e-mail packages are accessible through a(n) ____________________, which means that messages can be read or sent from any computer that is connected to the Internet with no additional software installed.

The Domain Name System (DNS) is stored on one computer in Washington, DC.

HTML tags consist of a left angle bracket ( right angle bracket (>).

Each is a characteristic of the Internet except _____.

The most common tool used on the Internet today is _____.

Elements in an HTML document are indicated by the use of ____________________.

In the Web address, www.microsoft.com, the "com" is known as the ____________________ level domain name.

Hypertext Transport Protocol (HTTP) was created in the early 1960s when ARPANET was first introduced.

If a user wanted to subscribe to a listerv, they would send an e-mail request to the _____.

Documents sent along with e-mail messages are known as _____.

Some newsgroups require special software, known as a(n) ____________________ , in order for users to be able to read and post messages.

Tell why the Domain Name System (DNS) database is not stored in just one location.

The listserv address is the address of the automated mailing list server program that processes the list of a listserv.

Each is part of the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) except _____.

The first nationwide network that later become the Internet was called _____.

A search engine ____________________ reads millions of Web pages and follows links to other pages within a site to create an index.