Exam 2: The Internet and the World Wide Web: Exploring Cyberspace

Skype is a VoIP service.

Bps stands for bandwidth per second.

Spam consists of little text files left on your hard disk by some websites you visit.

When shoppers browse for products in stores only to buy them from an online rival,this is called _________.

List four means of Internet connection.

What is Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol (TCP / IP)?

Data is transmitted in characters or collections of ________.

The technology in which customized text,audio,and video are sent automatically to the user on a regular basis is called ________.

A communications satellite,a space station that transmits radio waves called microwaves from earth-based stations,can be used to retrieve information from the Internet.

Any user on a given email system can send a message via (a)________ and have it pop up right away on the screen of anyone else logged onto that system.

The first page seen at a website is called the Start page.

In pharming,thieves implant malicious software on a victim's computer that redirects the user to an impostor web page even when the individual types the correct address into his or her browser.

A DSL line can be installed anywhere as long as the user has a telephone line.

Email can be sent via a particular email program,such as Microsoft Outlook,or via a browser and a website,such as through Hotmail and Gmail.

When several signals can be transmitted at once,it is called ________ transmission.

A modem that uses telephone lines to transmit data at 56 Kbps is a(n)________ connection.

A T1 line is essentially a traditional trunk line that carries 24 normal telephone circuits and has a transmission rate of 1.5-6 Mbps.

The set of communications rules for exchanging information electronically on the Internet is called the ________.

An independently controllable section of a web page is called a ________.

Gigabits per second are ________.