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

Adobe Flash provides a development environment to create rich Web animation and interactive media that requires the user to install a browser plug-in to run.

What do the fibre-optic cables that span the globe over land and undersea make up?

Web ____________________, such as Adobe Flash and Real Player, provide additional features to standard websites.

Richard is improving his company's intranet to allow for better integration of the all applications and create a one stop access to all resources needed.What could Richard create for his company?

Organizations and individuals unable to connect directly to the Internet through a LAN server must access the Internet through a(n) ____________________.

Web services consist of standards and tools that streamline and simplify communications among websites and use the XML language.

A Uniform Resource Locator (URL) is a Web address that specifies the exact location of a Web page using letters and words that map to an IP address and a location on the host.

What search engine dominates the market?

____________________ is a new cross-country, high-speed fibre-optic network dedicated to research in high-speed networking applications.

What type of website allows people to add or edit entries in its encyclopedia at any time?

A(n) ____________________ is a Web page that combines useful information and links and acts as an entry point to the Web.

The ancestor of the Internet was the ____________________, a project started by the U.S.Department of Defense (DOD) in 1969.

Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) is the standard page description language for Web pages that tell the Web browser how to display Web pages.

Gillian is manages a large team of over twenty field staff who telecommute.She would like to have a system whereby the team can communicate effectively to signal where they are.What could help Gillian?

The URL, such as "www.cengage.com," is the domain name that identifies the Internet host site.