Exam 7: The Web and E-Mail

A podcast is an audio file that is distributed through downloads or the use of a feed, such as ____.

Unwanted electronic junk mail about medical products, low-cost loans, and fake software upgrades that arrives in your online mailbox is ____________________.

Online auctions are examples of ____ e-commerce.

A(n) ____ is a software program that runs on your computer and helps you access Web pages.

The Web is based on the concept of ____, a collection of documents that can be related by links.

If you click an ad, a third party can surreptitiously create a(n) ____________________ cookie and use it to track your activities at any site containing banner ads from that third party.

In the above figure, http is the _____.

A conversion process called SMTP provides a clever way of disguising digital photos, sounds, and other media as plain ASCII code that can travel over the Internet as e-mail attachments.

The term ____________________ popularly refers to a Web site that provides a variety of tools to help you find information.

In an HTTP communication, your browser opens a socket, connects to a similar open socket at the Web server, and issues a command, such as "send me an HTML document."

The process of accessing a Web site is sometimes referred to as ____.

Which of the following is a third-party advertising company that provides users with an opt-out mechanism to disallow ad-serving cookies?

A(n) URL never contains a space, even after a punctuation mark.

What is the downside of deleting cookies?.

A(n) ____ helps you find information by searching the Web for any pages that meet your specifications.

Technologies that create secure connections include all of the following EXCEPT ____.

If you turn off cookies, you probably will not be able to make online purchases.

An HTTP exchange takes place over a pair of ____.