Exam 10: The Internet

Given the IPv6 address 6A3E:BA91::877B:FFEF/104, how many bits identify the host ID?

A(n) ____________________ is a popular software program used to create and manage Internet mailing lists.

A 16-bit address uniquely defines a connection to the Internet.

When the user wants to send an e-mail message, the e-mail program takes the e-mail message and passes it to the transport layer of the software.

____ is a common application layer protocols that servers and the Internet use to deliver streaming audio and video data to a user's browser.

During the late 1960s, a branch of the U.S. government titled the ____ created one of the country's first wide area packet-switched networks.

____ is actually a set of protocols named packet-based multimedia protocols, and it was designed for a wide range of applications (audio and video).

____ is a client/server protocol in which e-mail is received and held for you at your Internet server.

Most HTML tags consist of an opening tag, followed by one or more attributes, and a closing tag.

The Internet is a static entity.

The ____ is the main telecommunications line through the network, connecting the major router sites across the country.

Every object on the Internet has a unique English-based address called its Uniform Resource Locator (URL).

Intranets use essentially the same hardware and software that is used by other network applications.

The TCP header ____________________ field contains a sliding window value that provides flow control between the two endpoints.

The ________________________________________, which is used by routers and nodes, performs error reporting for the Internet Protocol.

____ is the capability of a network server to transmit a data stream to more than one host at a time.

A company can use IP for transmission of data within its own network, but use traditional telephone lines outside the company network. Many people are now beginning to call such systems ____.

Using a Web browser, you can download and view Web pages on a personal computer.

____ lets a router represent an entire local area network to the Internet as a single IP address.

Currently, almost all networks involved in the Internet use IP version 6.