The Web and The Internet - MST

Question 1

An application that receives incoming e-mail from local users and remote senders and forward outgoing e-mail for delivery

Answer 1

Mail Server

Question 2

______ was the name of the browser that helped to get the World Wide Web popular, and _____ was the brand of the computer where the first web site was published.

Answer 2

Mosaic, Next

Question 3

When did the US government allow business agencies to connect to internet?

Answer 3

1991

Question 4

A key feature of web 2.0 that pertains to the trait of allowing for diverse information sharing through universal web access

Answer 4

Mass participation

Question 5

Meaning of HTML

Answer 5

Hypertext Markup Language

Question 6

A key feature of web 2.0 that pertains to the state of subscribing to a software only when needed

Answer 6

Software as a service

Question 7

A program in computer that provides the business logic for an
application program

Answer 7

Application Server

Question 8

The data communication standard of web pages; when a web page has this prefix, the links, text, and pictures should work correctly in a web browser.

Answer 8

HTTP

Question 9

Specialized software, such as Google and Yahoo, that lets www browser users search for information on the web by using keywords, phrase

Answer 9

Search Engines

Question 10

A hypertext publication collaboratively edited and managed by its own audience directly using a web browser

Answer 10

Wikis

Question 11

An operating system and application updates that can typically be downloaded from the Internet

Answer 11

Software updates

Question 12

Known as the “Read-write web” or “Dynamic page”, it is used to describe a new generation of Web services and applications with an increasing emphasis on human collaboration.

Answer 12

Web 2.0

Question 13

________ may be any type of downloaded media, but ______ are hypertext media that have been formatted in Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)

Answer 13

Web resources, webpages

Question 14

A security component of a policy – based network that provides
authorization services and facilities tracking and control of files

Answer 14

Policy Server

Question 15

It is the phone book of the internet and how we access information online.

Answer 15

Domain Name System (DNS)

Question 16

An application program that provides a way to look information on the web

Answer 16

Browser

Question 17

A computer program that serves requested HTML pages or files

Answer 17

Web Server

Question 18

It is a coding language used to tell a browser how to place pictures, text, multimedia and links to create a web page.

Answer 18

HTML

Question 19

Who was the English scientist who invented the World Wide Web in 1989 and wrote the first web browser in 1990?

Answer 19

Tim Berners-Lee

Question 20

It is a software that acts as an intermediary between an endpoint device, such as computer and another server from which a user is requesting.

Answer 20

Proxy Server

Question 21

It is a small image representation of a larger image, usually intended to make it easier and faster to look at or manage a group of larger images.

Answer 21

Thumbnail

Question 22

In the paper of Ted Nelson “Complex Information Processing: A
file Structure for the Complex, the Changing, and Indeterminate”, what were the terms coined?

Answer 22

hypertext and hypermedia

Question 23

A website that let people upload and share their video clips
with the public at large or to invited guests

Answer 23

Video Sharing Sites

Question 24

Who were considered as “The fathers of the internet” who also collaborated to develop a protocol for linking multiple networks together?

Answer 24

Vinton Gray Cerf & Robert Kahn

Question 25

A computer responsible for central storage and management of data files so that other computers on the same network can access them

Answer 25

File Server

Question 26

Web 1.0 is also known as _______.

Answer 26

Static Web Page

Question 27

An organization that provides services for accessing, using or participating in the internet

Answer 27

Internet Service Provider (ISP)

Question 28

In 1969, what was the first version of the internet created and set up as a network?

Answer 28

ARPANET (Advanced Research Project Agency Network)

Question 29

A key feature of web 2.0 that pertains to a well designed rich user interface that draws the user in and encourages the user to interact with it and learn from the application

Answer 29

Rich user experience

Question 30

It is defined as a formal set of standards and technical specifications used to define aspects of the world wide web.

Answer 30

Web Standards

Question 31

It is a text that contains links to other texts or information. A word or words that contain a link to a website

Answer 31

Hypertext

Question 32

A key feature of web 2.0 that pertains to a user-generated system of classifying and organizing online content into different categories by the use of metadata such as electronic tags

Answer 32

Folksonomy

Question 33

What is the meaning of URL?

Answer 33

Uniform Resource Locators

Question 34

Hardware device (wired or wireless) that acts as the traffic cop for network signals arriving at your home or business from your ISP

Answer 34

Router or router-modem combination

Question 35

It was the first generation of the world wide web, which, according to Berners-Lee, is the “read-only web.”

Answer 35

Web 1.0

Question 36

The American pioneer of information technology, philosopher, and sociologist who coined the term "hyperlink"

Answer 36

Ted Nelson (Theodor Holm Nelson)

Question 37

It is a link from a hypertext file or document to another location or file, typically activated by clicking on a highlighted word or image on the screen, when clicked, redirects you to a specified URL.

Answer 37

Hyperlink

Question 38

It is an information space where documents and other web resources are identified by Uniform Resource Locators which may be interlinked by hypertext, and are accessible over the internet.

Answer 38

World Wide Web (WWW)

Question 39

It is the mathematical scrambling of data so that it is hidden from eavesdroppers. It uses complex math formulas to turn private data into meaningless gobbledygook that only trusted readers can unscramble.

Answer 39

Encryption

Question 40

An author, web designer, and expert in user experience, coined the term Web 2.0 in 1999 and predicted the influence it would have on public relations

Answer 40

Darcy DiNucci

Question 41

It is the use of Internet-based social media sites to stay connected with friends, family, colleagues, customers, or clients. It can have a social purpose, a business purpose, or both, through sites.

Answer 41

Social Networking

Question 42

When was the first "free net" created?

Answer 42

1986

Question 43

It is a computer program that provides service to another computer program and its user

Answer 43

Servers

Question 44

Known as the "Third Generation Internet", "read-write-interact web", and "Semantic Web"; its name was suggested by John Markoff of the New York Times.

Answer 44

Web 3.0

Question 45

When a web page has this prefix, this indicates that the web page has a special layer of encryption added to hide your personal information and passwords from others.

Answer 45

HTTPS

Question 46

It It is a term used for hypertext that is not constrained to be text. It can include graphics, video, and sound. The most common type of this is an image link.

Answer 46

Hypermedia

Question 47

A key feature of web 2.0 that pertains to the services that are offered on demand rather than one time purchase

Answer 47

Long tail

Question 48

Meaning of HTTP & HTTPS

Answer 48

Hypertext Transfer Protocol & Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure

Question 49

It is the largest computer network in the world that connects billions of computer user. It comes from combination between “interconnection” and “network”.

Answer 49

Internet

Question 50

A key feature of web 2.0 that pertains to the owner of website being not the only one who is able to put content

Answer 50

User participation

Question 51

It is a numerical label assigned to each device connected to a computer network that uses the Internet Protocol for communication. This provides identity to a network device.

Answer 51

IP Address (Internet Protocol)

Question 52

It is a discussion or informational website published on the world wide web consisting of discrete, often informal diary-style text entries (posts).

Answer 52

Blogs