Exam 7: The Internet, Web, Intranets, and Extranets

A(n) _____ is a Web site that people can create and use to write about their observations, experiences, and opinions on a wide range of topics.

Companies and residences unable to connect directly to the Internet through a local area network (LAN) server must access the Internet through an Internet service provider.

The United States has high Internet penetration among its population constituting the majority of people online.

The top-level domain affiliation commonly used to denote nonprofit organizations sites is _____.

The use of social media in business is called _____.

Web _____ such as Adobe Flash and Real Player, provide additional features to standard Web sites.

The Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) is responsible for managing IP addresses and Internet domain names.

Conducting classes over the Web with no physical class meetings is called _____.

A growing number of companies offer limited access to their private corporate network for selected customers and suppliers by use of _____.

In a Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), the text of a Web page are codes that mark the way words will be displayed.

Discuss the use of spiders to enable user searches of the Web.

_____ is the widely used transport layer protocol that most Internet applications use with Internet Protocol (IP).

Entering the words red*blue as the keywords for a search engine will be interpreted as the words "red" and "blue" separated by one or more words.

Define cloud computing and identify the business benefits of cloud computing.

Software used to subscribe to Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feeds is called _____.

_____ is a protocol that supports file transfers between a host and a remote computer.

_____ is a network protocol that enables users to log on to networks remotely over the Internet.

An intranet is an expensive alternative to other forms of internal communication such conventional computer networks.

_____ are specially denoted text or graphics on a Web page that, when clicked, open a Web page containing related content.

Java allows small programs, called _____, to be embedded with an Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) document.