Ch 7

Question 1

what year was ARPA developed and by who

Answer 1

1958
president eisenhower

Question 2

what connects smaller networks around the world

Answer 2

galatic network

Question 3

what is a communicatin system that had multiple pathways through which info could travel

Answer 3

ARPAnet

Question 4

CSNET stands for

Answer 4

comp science network

Question 5

CSNET was developed in

Answer 5

1979 by the NSF

Question 6

CSNET was brought online in

Answer 6

1981

Question 7

CSNET was made to

Answer 7

connect the comp science dept at universities using ARPAnet

Question 8

what gave other academic disciplines access to supercomputing centers and connecting smaller networks together

Answer 8

NSFnet

Question 9

what was the primary internet backbone in 1980

Answer 9

NSFnet

Question 10

what is the high speed connection between networks

Answer 10

internet backbone

Question 11

in 1995 the internet backbone was

Answer 11

privatized

Question 12

what does NAPS stand for

Answer 12

network access points

Question 13

NAPS made up the new

Answer 13

backbone

Question 14

NAPS were established in

Answer 14

chicago, new Jersey, San francisco, San Jose, and Washington DC

Question 15

what is the backbone of todays internet

Answer 15

internet exchange point

Question 16

what is the physical entity that is a network of comp networks

Answer 16

internetw

Question 17

what is one way that info moves on the network

Answer 17

world wide web

Question 18

what is a text that contains link to other other texts or objects such as images

Answer 18

hypertext

Question 19

what can enable you to navigate through pieces of info by clicking links or hyperlinks that connect them

Answer 19

hypertext

Question 20

what is a program that interprets HTML to display webpages

Answer 20

web browser

Question 21

what is designed for education, research, and collaboration

Answer 21

internet2

Question 22

what is the backbone of internet 2

Answer 22

fiber

Question 23

internet 2 compare to internet is

Answer 23

faster and less prone to corruption

Question 24

ISPS stands for

Answer 24

internet service providers

Question 25

ISPs are companies that offer

Answer 25

internet access

Question 26

what is the data transfer rate of a network

Answer 26

bandwidth

Question 27

what is a regular phone line that connects to the internet

Answer 27

dial up

Question 28

dial up maxes out at

Answer 28

56 kbps

Question 29

dial up ties up your

Answer 29

phone line while your online

Question 30

anything over 25 Mbps is

Answer 30

broadband

Question 31

what is offered by your cable tv provider and uses the same wires to carry both signals

Answer 31

cable internet access

Question 32

what is the drawback of cable internet access

Answer 32

you share the cable and bandwidth with your neighbor

Question 33

DSL stands for

Answer 33

digital subscriber line

Question 34

what is a drawback of DSL

Answer 34

distance limitations

Question 35

what is technologies that use telephone lines to carry digital signals

Answer 35

DSL

Question 36

what is the fastest broadband alternative

Answer 36

fiber to the home FTTH

Question 37

what can carry internet, tv, and phone calls to your hoe over fiber optic cable and is available in limited areas

Answer 37

fiber to the home FTTH

Question 38

what is the primary fiber optic service

Answer 38

verizon

Question 39

satellite internet access is more

Answer 39

global and expensive

Question 40

what is a drawback for satellite internet access

Answer 40

weather conditions can affect your service

Question 41

geosynchronous satellites match

Answer 41

the Earth's rotation

Question 42

what uses radio waves to provide wireless high speed network connections

Answer 42

wifi

Question 43

what are wireless access points that are available in many public locations either free or for a fee

Answer 43

hotspots

Question 44

HTML stands for

Answer 44

hypertext markup language

Question 45

what is the authoring language that defines the structure of a web page

Answer 45

HTML

Question 46

what is the 1st web browser

Answer 46

Mosaic in 1993

Question 47

what is a program that interprets HTML to display webpages

Answer 47

web browser

Question 48

what provides a means to navigagte back and forward through browsed webpages

Answer 48

navigation buttons

Question 49

what contains the web address of the current webpage

Answer 49

address bar

Question 50

what enables you to have multiple web pages open in tabs

Answer 50

tabbed browsing

Question 51

what is the browser that opens links you clock from locations such as your desktop, email messages, and links in documents

Answer 51

default browser

Question 52

what are small text files placed on your comp by websites you visit

Answer 52

cookies

Question 53

what prevents webpages from opening a new windo

Answer 53

popup blocker

Question 54

plug in is a

Answer 54

3rd party program

Question 55

add on are created for a specific

Answer 55

browser to add features to it

Question 56

what gives you quick access to the features of the application that instilled it

Answer 56

browser toolbar

Question 57

what is a protocol that tells your comp what type of page your looking at

Answer 57

http

Question 58

what represent the comp on the google domain

Answer 58

world wide web

Question 59

www is called the

Answer 59

3rd level domain or subdomian

Question 60

domain is the

Answer 60

2nd level domain

Question 61

the domain in Google.com

Answer 61

is google

Question 62

the top level domain in Google.com

Answer 62

is .com

Question 63

the top level domain represents the

Answer 63

type of website your visiting

Question 64

the domain represents a company or product name

Answer 64

that makes the address easy to remember

Question 65

ICANN is the

Answer 65

internet coporation for assigned names and number

Question 66

ICANN coordinates the

Answer 66

Internet naming system

Question 67

IP addresses is

Answer 67

internet protocol address

Question 68

what is a unique numeric address assigned to each node on a network

Answer 68

IP address

Question 69

DNS is the

Answer 69

domain name system

Question 70

what enables you to use a friendly name instead of an IP address to contact a website

Answer 70

DNS

Question 71

DNS works like a

Answer 71

telephone directly