CSCI 1150
Chapter 3 Review Sheet
Part I
1. The Internet is a the largest _______________in the world and is actually a ______________ of
_____________________.
2.
Communicating through the Internet using IM
a. ________________________services are programs that enable you to have a real time
conversation using text.
b. Two popular Instant messaging services are ____________________ and
___________________
c.
What is a buddy list?
d. To communicate with a person on someone on your buddy list, what must be true of that person?
3. Communicating through the Internet using VoIP
a. What does VOIP stand for?
b. How does it differ from regular telephone service?
c.
What additional equipment do you need for VoIP?
d. Describe the difference between VoIP at Skype and Vonage.
4. Communicating through the Internet using Weblogs (blogs)
a. What is a blog?
b. Can blogging get you in trouble?
c.
What is a vlog?
5. Communicating through the Internet using podcasts
a. What is a podcast?
b. What technology do podcasts use?
c.
What is an aggregator and what does it do?
d. Name at least one site where one can go to view podcasts.
e. What does a user need besides an aggregator to view a podcast?
6. Communicating through the Internet using webcasts
a. What is a webcast?
b. What is the difference between a webcast and a podcast?
c.
Webcasts use streaming media technology – what is this?
d. What kind of sites might have webcasts?
7. Communicating through the Internet using wikis
a. What is a wiki?
b. Wikipedia is a popular online encyclopedia that uses technology – what is the reasoning behind
making this site a wiki?
c.
Are wikis used for anything other than encyclopedias or manuals?
8. Communicating through the Internet using e-mail
a. E-mail is short for ______________________________________
b. What do your need to send and receive e-mail?
c.
What is the difference between e-mail clients and web-based e-mail?
d. Microsoft outlook is an example of _________________________
e. Webmail is an example of ______________________________
f.
What are the advantages of a web-based e-mail account?
g. What are the advantages of a client based e-mail program?
9. Communicating in a chat room
a. What is a chat room?
b. What is the difference between a chat room and IM?
c.
What is netiquette?
d. What does it mean to shout when using a chat room or e-mail?
e. What are smiley faces for?
10. Communicating through the Internet using a newsgroup
a. What is a newsgroup?
b. What is a thread?
11. Communicating through the Internet using listservs
a. What is a listserv?
b. What is the difference between a listserv and a newsgroup?
12. Multimedia use for communication:
a. What is multimedia?
b. What is streaming audio and video?
c.
What is a plug-in?
d. Look at figure 3.7:
1. What plug-in lets you view & print PDF files?
2. What is the purpose of these plug-ins?
1. Flash Player
2. QuickTime Player
3. Windows Media Player
13. Conducting business over the internet
a. What is e-commerce?
b. What are B2C? B2B? and C2C?
c.
Amazon.com would be an example of B2C or B2B or C2C?
d. eBay would be an example of B2C or B2B or C2C?
e. What does it mean when a URL changes from http:// to https://?
f.
What is the VeriSign seal?
g. What does it mean for a small closed padlock to be displayed on the status bar at the bottom of
the screen?
14. Online annoyances
a. What is spam and how can I avoid it?
b. What are cookies?
c.
Are cookies a security risk?
d. What is adware?
e. How do I get rid of pop-up windows?
f.
What is spyware?
g. What is malware?
h. What is phishing?
i.
What is an Internet hoax?
15. Web browsers
a. What is the purpose of a web browser?
b. Name two popular web browsers.
c.
What are favorites and bookmarks?
d. What is a URL?
e. What is a hyperlink?
f.
What are the three parts of the URL?
g. Who can use the following top-level domain extensions?
1. .com _____________
2. .edu ______________
3. .gov ______________
4. .mil _______________
5. .org _______________
h.
What is the protocol? What is the http protocol? The ftp protocol?
i.
What is tabbed browsing?
16. Search Engines
a. What is the purpose of a search engine?
b. What is a subject directory?
c.
Name two popular search engines.
d. Name a subject directory.
17. What is a client?
18. What is a server?
19. What is an ISP?
20. A ____________________ connection is the cheapest connection but is also the slowest and requires an
ISP.
21. Give 3 examples of broadband connections.
22. What are advantages and disadvantages to cable Internet?
23. What are advantages and disadvantages to dial-up Internet?
24. What are advantages and disadvantages to satellite Internet?
26. What are advantages and disadvantages to DSL?
27. What do the following stand for?
a. DSL
b. ISP
c.
URL
d. FTP
e. HTTP
f.
HTML
28. Who invented the Internet?
29. Who controls the Internet and the World Wide Web?
30. Are WWW and the Internet the same thing?
31. What is Large Scale Networking?
32. What is Internet2?