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

Files and e-mail messages sent over the Internet are broken down into small pieces called _____.

_____ is a set of rules for handling binary files, such as word-processing documents, spreadsheets, photos, or sound clips that are attached to e-mail messages.

Identify the four key rules for message handling.

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

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has the responsibility of managing domain names and coordinating them with the IP address registrars.

The Post Office Protocol (POP) provides support for Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME).

_____ lets users create and manipulate e-mail folders and individual e-mail messages while the messages are still on the e-mail server.

The higher the bandwidth, the faster the transmission of data through a communication medium.

The programs on gateway computers that determine the best path on which to send each packet contain rules called _____.

The word "virtual," used as part of virtual private networks means that the network connection is permanent.

The purpose of a(n) _____ is to respond to requests for Web pages from Web clients.

A(n) _____ is used when the Internet extends beyond the boundaries of an organization and includes networks of other organizations.

_____ is a measure of the amount of information that can travel from a user to the Internet in a given amount of time.

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.

The ______ in an HTML document are interpreted by the web browser and used by it to format the display of enclosed text.

Data-type definitions (DTD's) are a form of common standard for XML tags.

The term "cascading" is used in cascading style sheets because designers can apply many style sheets to the same Web page, one on top of the other.

The combination of telephone lines and the closed switches that connect them to each other is called a _____.

A(n) _____ is a set of instructions that gives Web developers more control over the format of displayed pages.

A(n) _____ is a language that can be used to define other languages.