Exam 2: The Internet and World Wide Web

With dial-up Internet access, the telephone number dialed connects a user to an access point on the Internet, called a(n) ____.

Discuss FTP, including all relevant terms in your explanation.

Visitors to a(n) ____Web page all see the same content.

____________________ means that the people who are conversing on a computer are online at the same time.

____ enables users to listen to music as it downloads to their computers.

Fixed wireless is a baseband Internet connection.

Visitors to a ____ can customize some or all of the content, such as stock quotes, weather, or ticket availability.

Each electronic document on the Web is called a(n) ____________________, which can contain text, graphics, audio (sound), and video.

The difference between a wiki and a blog is that users cannot modify original posts made by the blogger.

A(n) ____________________ is a program that extends the capability of a browser.

The fees for using an OSP sometimes are slightly higher than fees for an ISP .

Hot spots are businesses that provide individuals and companies access to the Internet free or for a fee, usually a fixed monthly amount.

A(n) ____________________ is a combination of user name and domain name that identifies a user so he or she can receive Internet e-mail.

____ is a communications technology used by some outgoing mail servers.

Figure 2-1 In Figure 2-1, which shows common ways to access the Internet, a(n) ____ is a larger business, such as AT T WorldNet and EarthLink, that provides Internet access in cities and towns nationwide.

No single person, company, institution, or government agency controls or owns the Internet.

A customer (consumer) visits an online business through a(n) ____________________, which contains product descriptions, graphics, and a shopping cart.

Explain in detail what the Web is, and include all relevant key terms in your explanation

Figure 2-3 Many FTP sites like the one in Figure 2-3 have ____, whereby anyone can transfer some, if not all, available files.

The entire collection of Internet newsgroups is called ____, which contains tens of thousands of newsgroups about a multitude of topics.