Exam 7: The Internet, Intranets, and Extranets

Describe the learningware application of Internet2 (I2).

Even if there are more than one smart object on an individual's body, they would not be aware of each other's existence.

Combinations of spaces and special characters can be used in domain names of uniform resource locators (URLs).

Intranets are also called _____.

Hypermedia documents can be stored anywhere in the world.

Briefly describe social networking, and give examples of social networking sites.

Briefly explain the two kinds of directories on the Web.

The _____ denotes the type of organization or country the address of a document or site on the Internet specifies.

Briefly explain Web 2.0.

The Internet backbone is a foundation network linked with _____ that can support very high bandwidth.

When information is transferred from one network to another, domain names are converted to _____ by the Domain Name System (DNS) protocol.

In the context of Internet services, which of the following protocols is used for retrieving messages?

The embedded references in hypermedia documents are called _____. ​

Identify a true statement about virtual medicine on the Internet.

Intranets are typically set up behind a firewall.

A(n) _____is a secure network that uses the Internet and Web technologies to connect intranets of business partners so that communication between organizations is possible. ​

Any computer that stores hypermedia documents and makes them available to other computers on the Internet is called a _____.

The World Wide Web changed the Internet by introducing a graphical interface to the largely text-based Internet.

Briefly discuss the uses of corporate wikis with examples.

Which of the following statements is true of the Internet?