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27 Cards in this Set
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The internet originated as a military and government project |
True |
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ARPAnet is a browser |
False |
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The Internet is a hierarchically structured and centralized network |
False |
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The introduction of microprocessors, miniature circuits made of silicon, made personal computers possible |
true |
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In the 1990s, AOL was the top Internet service provider in the US |
true |
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Google + is a social networking site that is designed to compete with Facebook |
True |
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Facebook is the most popular social media site on the Internet |
True |
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MMORPG stands for "massively multiplayer online role-playing game" |
True |
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Amazon is the world's largest e-commerce store |
True |
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Facebook uses profile information to deliver targeted and personalized ads to its users |
True |
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Google is a subsidiary of YouTube |
False |
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Most Web sites follow an "opt-in" data policy when collecting information from online |
True |
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The Children's Internet Protection Act of 2000 requires schools and libraries that receive federal funds for Internet access to filter out obscene, pornographic, or harmful content from websites |
True |
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What was the original motivation for developing the Internet? |
Military and academic research, military communications network |
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The World Wide Web was developed in |
the late 1980s |
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What is the difference between the Internet and the Web? |
internet- vast network designed to link and carry information worldwide the Web- data-linking system for organizing and standardizing information on the Internet, links to other information |
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The data-linking feature that allows Internet users to skip directly from a highlighted word to a related file in another computer system is called |
HTML |
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Content communities on the Web include which of the following? |
Text, photos, videos meant to be shared (Youtube, Vimeo, FanFiction.net, Flickr, Photobucket) |
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Second Life is an example of a |
MMORPG |
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Which one of the following is an example of media convergence? |
Watching TV shows on tablets, live tweeting, etc, |
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Why did AOL begin losing customers in the early 2000s? |
Technological shortcomings in broadband |
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Which statement about the business model of Google is true? |
Google makes majority of money from pay-per click advertisements |
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What is spyware and what does it do? |
Software with secretive codes that enable commercial firms to "spy" on users and gain access to their computers |
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Which of the following best describes an "opt-in" Internet policy? |
A policy where consumers give consent before data is collected |
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The law that grants sweeping powers to law-enforcement agencies to intercept individuals online communications, including e-mail messages and browsing records is the |
USA Patriot Act |
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A form of Internet identity theft involving phony e-mail messages asking customers to update their credit card numbers, account passwords, and other personal information is called |
phishing |
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What does the term digital divide refer to? |
the gap between demographics and regions that have access to modern information and communications technology, and those that don't or have restricted access. |