Exam 2: Technology Infrastructure: the Internet and the World Wide Web

Upstream bandwidth is also called ____________________ bandwidth.

A(n)____ is like a separate, covered commuter lane on a highway (the Internet)in which passengers are protected from being seen by the vehicles traveling in the other lanes.

On a packet-switched network, files and e-mail messages are broken down into small pieces, called ____.

The technologies used (public networks, private networks, or VPNs)are independent of organizational boundaries.

A(n)____ does not extend beyond the boundaries of a particular organization.

Asymmetric connections provide the same bandwidth for each direction.

The early versions of ____ let Web page designers create text-based electronic documents with headings, title bar titles, bullets, lines, and ordered lists.

The ____________________ Protocol specifies the addressing details for each packet, labeling each with the packet's origination and destination addresses.

____ determine how the sending device indicates that it has finished sending a message, and how the receiving device indicates that it has received the message.

The higher the bandwidth, the faster data files travel and the faster Web pages appear on your screen.

VPN software must be installed on the computers at both ends of the transmission.

What is the difference between TCP and IP?

The Internet provides a high degree of security in its basic structure.

IMAP is a newer e-mail protocol that performs the same basic functions as POP, but includes additional features.

A(n)____________________ hyperlink structure resembles conventional paper documents in that the reader begins on the first page and clicks a Next button to move to the next page in a serial fashion.

SMTP is a common protocol used for sending and retrieving e-mail.

Although fax, telephone, e-mail, and overnight express carriers have been the main communications tools for business for many years, extranets can replace many of them at a lower cost.

A ____ is a collection of rules for formatting, ordering, and error checking data sent across a network.

The ____ numbering system uses 16 characters.

A newer e-mail protocol that performs the same basic functions as POP, but includes additional features, is known as ____.