Exam 4: The Internet and World Wide Web

Microsoft has been increasing its piece of the search engine pie with the 2009 introduction of ____.

Very few colleges offer free Internet access to students.

____ messaging is synchronous one-to-one text-based communication over the Internet.

NSPs enable Internet users to connect to their networks through utility stations called ____ (POPs).

A ____ search engine allows you to run keyword searches on several search engines at once.

JavaScript was developed specifically for ____ and is more limited in nature than Java.

WYSIWYG implies that the Web page you design with the Web-authoring software will look the same when published on the Web.

A 1983 pre-Web milestone was when ARPANET was divided into two subnetworks: ____, for military needs, and ARPANET, for research.

Microsoft Internet Explorer claims approximately ____ percent of the browser market.

Nick is taking a vacation to Hawaii and is using the Internet to research places to stay and attractions. -Nick also wants to find information on the best places to see sunsets and the types of cruises that are available. Since Nick is not interested in "Sunset Cruises" he enters a search query where the two words are separated by one or more words. The search query is ____.

Video conferencing is a technology that combines video and ____ capabilities along with shared data and document access.

E-mail (____ mail) involves the transmission of messages over a computer network to support asynchronous text-based communication.

A blog distribution system called ____ has been developed to help deliver and organize your blogs.

A 1993 pre-Web milestone was when the first Web browser, ____, was released to Internet users to an unprecedented enthusiastic reception.

____ is a popular technology that allows phone conversations to travel over the Internet or other data networks.

-The accompanying figure illustrates a ____ network.

Short Message Service (SMS), more commonly known as text messaging or texting, is a method of sending short messages, no longer than ____ characters, between cell phones.

Pictures or other media that act as links are ____.

Microsoft has developed a technology similar to Flash called Midnight that has yet to gain traction in the market. _________________________

A DSL (____________________ subscriber line) connection uses the customer's phone line, but there is no dialing up and users can use the Internet and talk on the phone simultaneously.