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The Web and The Internet - MST Flashcards

1
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An application that receives incoming e-mail from local users and remote senders and forward outgoing e-mail for delivery

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Mail Server

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______ 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.

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Mosaic, Next

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3
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When did the US government allow business agencies to connect to internet?

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1991

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

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Mass participation

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Meaning of HTML

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Hypertext Markup Language

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

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Software as a service

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

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Application Server

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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.

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HTTP

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

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Search Engines

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

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Wikis

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

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Software updates

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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.

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Web 2.0

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13
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________ may be any type of downloaded media, but ______ are hypertext media that have been formatted in Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)

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Web resources, webpages

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

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Policy Server

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

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Domain Name System (DNS)

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

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Browser

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A computer program that serves requested HTML pages or files

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Web Server

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

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HTML

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

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Tim Berners-Lee

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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.

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Proxy Server

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21
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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.

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Thumbnail

22
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In the paper of Ted Nelson “Complex Information Processing: A
file Structure for the Complex, the Changing, and Indeterminate”, what were the terms coined?

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hypertext and hypermedia

23
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A website that let people upload and share their video clips
with the public at large or to invited guests

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Video Sharing Sites

24
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Who were considered as “The fathers of the internet” who also collaborated to develop a protocol for linking multiple networks together?

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Vinton Gray Cerf & Robert Kahn

25
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A computer responsible for central storage and management of data files so that other computers on the same network can access them

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File Server

26
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Web 1.0 is also known as _______.

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Static Web Page

27
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An organization that provides services for accessing, using or participating in the internet

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Internet Service Provider (ISP)

28
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In 1969, what was the first version of the internet created and set up as a network?

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ARPANET (Advanced Research Project Agency Network)

29
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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

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Rich user experience

30
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It is defined as a formal set of standards and technical specifications used to define aspects of the world wide web.

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Web Standards

31
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It is a text that contains links to other texts or information. A word or words that contain a link to a website

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Hypertext

32
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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

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Folksonomy

33
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What is the meaning of URL?

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Uniform Resource Locators

34
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Hardware device (wired or wireless) that acts as the traffic cop
for network signals arriving at your home or business from your ISP

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Router or router-modem combination

35
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It was the first generation of the world wide web, which, according to Berners-Lee, is the “read-only web.”

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Web 1.0

36
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The American pioneer of information technology, philosopher, and sociologist who coined the term “hyperlink”

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Ted Nelson (Theodor Holm Nelson)

37
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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.

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Hyperlink

38
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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.

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World Wide Web (WWW)

39
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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.

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Encryption

40
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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

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Darcy DiNucci

41
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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.

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Social Networking

42
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When was the first “free net” created?

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1986

43
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It is a computer program that provides service to another computer program and its user

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Servers

44
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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.

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Web 3.0

45
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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.

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HTTPS

46
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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.

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Hypermedia

47
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A key feature of web 2.0 that pertains to the services that are offered on demand rather than one time purchase

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Long tail

48
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Meaning of HTTP & HTTPS

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Hypertext Transfer Protocol & Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure

49
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It is the largest computer network in the world that connects billions of computer user. It comes from combination between “interconnection” and “network”.

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Internet

50
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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

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User participation

51
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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.

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IP Address (Internet Protocol)

52
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It is a discussion or informational website published on the world wide web consisting of discrete, often informal diary-style text entries (posts).

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Blogs

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