QUIZ 1: INTERNET

Question 1

Worldwide network of interconnected computer networks that operates using a standard set of communications

Answer 1

INTERNET

Question 2

refers to any network of computers

Answer 2

An internet (small “i”)

Question 3

is a specific name

Answer 3

The Internet (large “I”)

Question 4

ARPANET

Answer 4

(Advanced Research Projects Administration NETwork)

Question 5

MILNET

Answer 5

for Managing Military sites

Question 6

NSFNET

Answer 6

(National Science Foundation Network)

Question 7

• allows computers to connect to a network and exchange data; carries the task of breaking messages into small packets (datagrams)

Answer 7

Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)

Question 8

• considered a lower-level protocol which is responsible for making decisions on the packets and routing them

Answer 8

Internet Protocol (IP)

Question 9

• which supports the World Wide Web (WWW)

Answer 9

Hypertext Transmission Protocol (HTTP)

Question 10

• permit users to send all types of electronic files over the Internet

Answer 10

File Transmission Protocol (FTP)

Question 11

• The ___ or folder(s) in the web server that contains a group of related web pages

Answer 11

directory

Question 12

• identifies the computer name, web server name, web name or host name.

Answer 12

Domain Name

Question 13

4 DOMAINS

Answer 13

Back - go back to the previous page (alt left arrow key)
Forward - go forward to a new page after going back (alt right arrow key)
Link - click a link and jump to a new page
Jump - select a new page from external source such as bookmarked sites

Question 14

5 TECHNIQUES

Answer 14

Surfing - Jumping ahead of the browser if the link is already loaded but the rest of the page is lagging behind
Chains - After clicking several websites, a chain of internet pages are created and explored backward or forward.
Reload - refreshing the page to ensure that the latest copy is loaded
Stopping - Stopping the loading process of a site anytime the user wants.
Restarting - Stopping the connection and clicking the same link again

Question 15

Identify text on the given criteria by searching contents of websites through the use of software and programs called robots and spiders that analyze millions of web pages
Ex.: Google & Yahoo Search

Answer 15

Indexes

Question 16

Program was developed by in 1972
He introduced the @ symbol
In 1973, 75% of the traffic was E-mail

Answer 16

ELECTRONIC MAIL (E-MAIL), Ray Tomlinson

Question 17

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