Exam 5: User-Generated Content on the Internet

A software program uses an application _________________________ interface to communicate with the operating system or some other program.

MATCHING -format for distributing published content from one site to another

Ryze, LinkedIn, and ____ connect business professionals.

_________________________ is a business network site restricted to credentialed U.S. physicians.

An early pioneer of Web 2.0, Friendster, was launched by Jonathan Abrams in ____ and was an immediate sensation on the Web.

The most popular video-sharing site is Facebook. _________________________

Usenet was founded in 1979 at ____ and is a way of collecting information and storing it by topic category.

The Facebook sign up page includes the slogan, "It's _________________________ and always will be."

A mailing list that does not have anyone monitoring messages sent to the list is called a(n) ____ list.

When APIs are shared, the term Web ____ describes the process of organizations communicating through a network to share data without needing extensive knowledge of each other's systems.

Judy has joined a social network. She's having a blast, but a few things have her concerned. You tell her that you have experience with social networking sites, and you're happy to answer her questions. -Judy is worried that some inaccurate, and negative, information and rumors about her and her company have started spreading via her social networking site. She wants to nip this in the bud, and wonders if you know a way to help. You tell her that she should look at the services offered by ____.

LinkedIn was started in 2003 for business professionals. _________________________

Although you can play a podcast using a media player, you will need to use software to subscribe to a podcast. _________________________

Describe what a mashup is, including a brief description of the technology behind it.

Email lets users send and receive very short messages (usually 240 characters or less) in real time.

The addition of a Web camera (also called a ____) enables users to participate in a video chat, in which participants can see and speak to each other.

The Internet has thousands of newsgroups on many different topics.

To delete a feed in Internet Explorer, right-click the feed's name on the Feeds tab in the ____ Center, and then click Delete on the shortcut menu.

A(n) ____ occurs over a cellular network between users who are connected to the network using cell phones or other mobile devices.

A mailing ____ uses a list server to send subscribers messages from other list members.