Exam 16: Toolkit D: Internet Resource Tools

A collection of related webpages is called a _____.

Everyone is familiar with what is called the _____, which refers to websites that are indexed by the major search engines and are publicly accessible.

When comparing search engines, it is important to know the company's policy toward allowing commercial sites to boost their ranking in a _____ arrangement.

_________ is a system named after a British mathematician George Boole and refers to the relationships among search terms.

The Internet allows users to visit the _________, which contains billions of text and multimedia documents called webpages.

The _________ refers to a vast collection of documents, databases, and webpages that are usually not detected by search engines.

Before posting articles to a newsgroup or forum, users should read the _________ associated with each newsgroup, which are a common method of providing guidance on questions that users are likely to ask.

_________ allows online users to exchange messages immediately, even while they are working in another program or application.

Google is an indexed search engine that organizes and ranks the results of a search.

When users require IT information, they can access a huge assortment of sites and resources that can be called the _________, which includes many sites IT professionals can use to research specific questions or obtain background information.

When a person subscribes to a list, he or she can receive a collection of messages called a _____, which contains a summary of the postings for a specific time interval (e.g., daily).

In many cases, FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) describe the particular netiquette, or Web guidelines for protocol and courtesy, that exist on a particular newsgroup or site.

Newsletters are a convenient way to keep current on topics of interest.

Web publishers use RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feeds to distribute news and updates to subscribers, who can read the content with software called an RSS reader.

A _____ is an application that uses keywords and phrases to locate information on the Internet.

The IT needs of the federal government are miniscule.

_____ are tools that can apply multiple search engines simultaneously.

A phrase is less specific than an AND operator because it does not specify an exact placement of terms.

Like published journals and textbooks, only recognized authorities can post content, or material, on the web.

Although search engine indexes are always complete and current, they are capable of delivering only a small number of results, or hits.