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What is a business that provides individuals and companies access to the Internet free or for a fee?
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Access Provider
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What is a list of names and e-mail addresses, created and stored by a user?
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Address Book
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What is the appearance of motion created by displaying a series of still images in sequence?
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Animation
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What is the term used to describe Music, speech or any other sound, found in mulitmedia, recording, and streaming, or on a web page?
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Audio
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What is a Web site that uses a regularly updated journal format to reflect the interests, opinions, and personalities of the author and sometimes site visitors, short for Web log
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Blog
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What is short for Web log?
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Blog
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What is the name for the application software that allows users to access and view Web pages?
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Browser
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What is the shortened name for "Web browser"
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Browser
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What is the term for a digital modem that sends and receives digital data over the cable television (CATV) network?
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Cable modem
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What is the other name for a cable modem?
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Broadband Modem
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What is the term used to describe real-time typed conversation that takes place on a computer?
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Chat
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What is the location on an Internet server that permits users to chat with each other?
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Chat Room
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What is the method of connecting to the Internet using a modem in a computer and a standard telephone line?
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Dial-up Access
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What is the name of the Internet server that usually is associated with an Internet access provider?
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DNS Server
Domain Name System Server |
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What does DNS stand for?
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Domain Name System
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What is the term given to the text version of an IP address?
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Domain name
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What does IP stand for?
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Internet Protocal
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What is the term for the process of traqnsferring a copy of images from a digital camera to a computer's hard disk?
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Downloading
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What does DSL stand for?
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Digital Subscriber Line
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What is a Digital Subscriber Line or DSL?
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It is a type of digital technology that pr9ovides high-speed Internet connections using regualr copper telephone lines.
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What is the abbrev. for electronic commerce?
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E-Commerce
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What is the term given to business transactions conducted over the Web?
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E-Commerce
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What is the name given to the online business a customer visits that contains product descriptions, graphics, and a shopping cart?
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Electronic Storefront
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What is the abbrv. for electronic mail, the transmission of messages and files via a computer network?
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E-Mail
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What is the term given to the combination of a user name and a domain name that identifies a user so he or she can receive Internet e-mail?
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E-Mail Address
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What is the software used to create, send,m receive, forward, store, print, and delete e-mail messages?
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E-Mail Program
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What are synbols used on the Internet to express emotion?
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Emoticons
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What does FTP stand for?
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File Transfer Protocal
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What is a File Transfer Protocal? FTP?
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It is an Internet standard that permits file uploading and downloading with other computers on the Internet
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What is the digital representation of notext information such as a drawing, chart, or photograph?
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Graphics
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What is the first page that a Web site displays?
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Home Page
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What does IM stand for?
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Instant Messaging
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What is the term used for the real time Internet communications service that notifies a user when one or more people are online and then allows the user to exchange messages or files or join a private chatroom with those people?
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Instant Messaging
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What is the Worldwide collection of networks that connects millions of businesses, government agencies, educational institutions, and individuals?
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Internet
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What is the other name for the Internet?
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The Net
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What is the technology that allows users to speak to other users over the Internet using their desktop computer, mobile computer, or mobile device?
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Internet Telephony
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What is the term for the number that uniquely identifies each computer or device connected to the Internet?
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IP Address
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What does IP Address stand for?
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Internet Protocal Address
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What does ISP stand for?
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Internet Service Provider
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What the name given to a regional or nationa Internet access provider?
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ISP or Internet Service Provider
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What is the built-in connection to another related Web page or part of a Web page?
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Link
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What is the word "link" short for?
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Hyperlink
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What is the term given to the group of e-mail names and address given a single name?
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Mailing List
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What is the popular WEb-based type of discussion group that does not requre a newsreader?
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Message board
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What is an MP3?
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It is a format that reduces an audio file to about 1/10th of its original size, while preserving much of the original quality of the size
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What is any application that combines text, grahics, audio, and video?
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Multimedia
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What is short for the Internet Etiquette, or the code of acceptable gehaviors users should follow while on the Internet?
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Netiquette
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What is the term for the online area in which users have written discussions about aprticular subject?
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Newsgroup
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What is the term given to E-commerce method that allows consumers to bid on an item being sold by someone else?
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Online Auction
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What does OSP stand for?
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Online Service Provider
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What is the name of a company that provides Internet acccess as well as many members-only features?
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Online Service Provider
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What is the term for the software used by a person to listen to an audio file on a computer?
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Player
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What is the term for a program that extends the capability of a browser, often used to enhance multimedia?
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Plug-in
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What is the term given to a website that offers a variety of Internet services from a single, convenient location?
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Portal
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What term describes users and the people with whom they are conversing being online at the same time?
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Real Time
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What is the name for the program that finds Web sites and Web pages?
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Search Engine
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What is the term for the word or phrase entered in a search engine's text box to find information on a Web page?
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Search text
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What is the term for an element of an electronic strefront that allows a customner to collect purchases?
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Shopping Cart
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What is the term for the process of transferring data in a continuous and even flow?
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Streaming
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What is the search tool that classifies Web pages in an organized set of categories and subcategories?
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Subject Directory
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What is the process of a user adding his or her e-mail name and address to a mailing list?
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Subscribe
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What is the term for the activity of using links to explore the Web?
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Surfing the Web
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What is the term for communications activity on the Internet?
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Traffic
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What is the term for the process of a user removing his or her e-mail name and address from a mailing list?
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Unsubscribe
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What is the term for the process of transferring documents, graphics, and other objects from a computer to a server on the Internet?
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Uploading
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What does URL stand for?
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Uniform Resource Locator
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What is a URL?
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It is a unique address for a Web page
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What is the unique comvination of characters,such as letters of the alphabet and/or numbers that identifies a specific user?
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URL
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What is the term for the full motion images that are played back at various speeds?
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Video
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What does VR stand for?
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Virtual Reality
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What are the computer used to simulate a real or imagined environment that appears as a 3-D space?
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Virtual REality
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What is the term given to the worldwide collection of documents called web pages, one of the more popular services on the Internet?
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Web or World Wide Web
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What is the term for the unique address for a web page?
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Web Address
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What is the term for the application software that allows users to access and view web pages?
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Web Browser
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What is the term for a website that joins a specific group of people with similar interests and/or relationships?
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Web Community
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What is the term for an electronic document which can contain text, graphics, audio, and video and often has builtin connections to other documents, graphics and web pages?
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Web Page
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What is the term for the activity of development and maintaining web pages?
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Web publishing
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What is the term for a computer that delivers requested web pages to a computer
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Web Server
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What is the term for a collection of related web pages and associated items such as pictures and documents that are stored on a Web server?
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Web site
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What is the term for a type of Internet service provider that provides wireless Internet access to computers with wireless modems?
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Wireless Internet Service Providers
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What is the term for the world collection of electronic documents?
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World Wide Web
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What does ARPA stand for?
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Advanced Research Projects Agency
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What is the name given to the Agency of the US Department of Defense that built an early computer network called ARPANET?
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ARPA or the Advanced Research Projects Agency
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What is the term for an animation technique that combines several GIF images in a single GIF file?
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Animated GIF
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What is the term given to graphics format that uses compression techniques to reduce file sizes?
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GIF
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What is the term for the feature of many FTP sites whereby anyone can transfer some, if not all, available files?
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Anonymous FTP
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What was the name of the Network developed by the Pentagon's Advanced Research Projects Agency that linked scientific and academic researcher across the US?
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ARPANET
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What is the term for the messages previously entered in a newsgroup?
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Articles
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What is the type of media that transmits multiple signals simultaneously?
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Broadband
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What does B2B mean?
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Business to Business
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What is Business to Business?
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E-commerce that takes place between businesses
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What does B2C mean?
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Busines to consumer
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What is the term for the sale of goods and services to the general public in a form e-commerce?
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Business to Consumer
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What is the term for the program that allows a user to connect to achat server to participate in a chat session?
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Chat client
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What is the term for the action of moving the mouse pointer to a button or link on the computer screen, and then to press and release the left mouse button?
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Click
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What is C2C mean?
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Consumer to consumer ecommerce
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What is C2C?
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A form of ecommerce that occurs when one consumer sells directly to another, such as in an online auction
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What is the type of digital technology that provides high-speed Internetconnections using regular copper telephone lines?
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Digital Subscriber Line or DSL
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What does DNS stand for?
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Domain Name System
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What is the name for an Internet server that usually is associated with an Internet access provider?
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DNS Server
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What is the term given to the method that the Internet uses to store domain names and their corresponding IP addresses?
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Domain Name System or DNS
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What is the term sometimes used to describe organization with a top-level domain of com
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dot-com
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What is the term for a Web page that allows visitors to customize some or all of the viewed content?
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Dyanamic Web Page
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What is the term for a business transaction conducted over the Web?
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E-Commerce or Electronic Commerce
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What is the transmission of messages and files via a computer network?
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E-mail or electronic mail
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What does FAQ mean?
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Frequently Asked Questions
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What is the term for the Internet standard that permits file uploading and downloading with other computers on the Internet?
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File Transfer Protocal or FTP
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What is the term for hig-speed Internet connection that uses an antenna on a house or business to communicate with a tower location via radio signals?
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Fixed Wireless
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What is the name given to exchanges of abusive or insulting messages sent using the Internet?
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Flame Wars
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What is the term given to the abusive insulting messages sent using the internet?
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Flames
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What is the term for a computer that allows users to upload and /or download files using FTP?
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FTP Server
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What is the name of the graphics format that works best for images that have only a few distinct colors?
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GIF
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What graphics format improves upon the GIF format?
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PNG
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What is the term for the digital representation of nontext information such as a drawing, chart or photograph?
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Graphical image
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What is the term for the Web page names displayed by a search engine that contain the search trext specified by a user?
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Hits
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What is the term given to any computer that provides services and connections to other computers on a network?
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Host
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What is the term for a wireless network that provides Internet connections to mobile computers and other devices?
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Hot Spots
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What does http stand for?
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Http stands for HyperText Transfer Protocal
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What is the set of rules that defines how pages transfer on the Internet known as http?
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HyperText Transfer Protocal
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What is the term for the built-in connection to another related Web page or part of a Web page?
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Hyperlink
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What is the name given to the major carriers of network traffic on the Internet?
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Internet Backbone
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What does ICANN stand for?
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ICANN stands for Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
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What is the name of the group that assigns and controls top-level domains?
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ICANN or the Internet Corporation for the Assigned Names and Numbers
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What is the name of the graphic format that compresses the graphics to reduce their file size?
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JPEG
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What is the term given to the words or phrases entered in a search engine's text box to find information on a Web page?
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Keywords
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What is the name given to a mailing list named after a popular mailing list program?
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LISTSERV
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What does M-Commerce mean?
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Mobile Commerce
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What is the term given for e-commerce that takes place using mobile devices?
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M-Commerce or mobile commerce
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What is the term for a special type of browser designed for the small screens and limited computing pwoer of Internet-enabled mobile dvices?
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Microbrowser
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What is the name given to a newswgroup with a moderator who decides if an article is relevant to the discussion?
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Moderated Newsgroup
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What is the name given to a person who reviews content of a newsgroup article and then posts it, if appropriate?
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Moderator
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What does MPEG stand for?
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Moving Pictures Experts Group
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What is an Internet service provider that provides Internet access in cities and town nationwide?
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National ISP
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What is a computer that sores and distributes newsgroup messages?
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News Server
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What are programs necessary for participating in a newsgroup?
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Newsreaders
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What does NSFnet stand for?
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National Science Foundation network
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What is the name for the National Science Foundation's network of 5 supercomputers?
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NSFnet
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What does POP mean?
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POP means point of presence
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What is the access point on the Internet to which a user connects when using dial-up access?
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POP or point of presence
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What does POP3 mean?
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Post Office Protocal the latest version
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What is abbrev for the latest version of Post Office Protocal?
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POP3
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What is term when articles are added to a newsgroup?
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Post
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What is the abbrev. for communications protocao used by some incoming mail servers?
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POP
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What is the term for a request information from a Web server?
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Pull
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What is the process of a Web server sending content to a computer a regular intervals, such as current sprot scores or weather reports?
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Push
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What is the term for an Internet service provider that usually provides Internet access to a specific geograqphic area?
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Regional ISP
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What is the term for the Internet connection that communicates with a satellite dish to provide high-speed Internet connections via satellite?
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Satellite Modem
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What does SMTP stand for?
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Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
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What is the term for communications protocol used by sonme outgoing mail servers?
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SMTP or Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
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What is the term for unsolicited e-mail message or newsgroups posting sent to many recipeints or newsgroups at once?
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Spam
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What is the term for a program used to build and maintain lists of words found on Web sites?
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Spider
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What is the name for a fixed WEb page where visitors all see the same content?
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Static Web Page
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What is the term for the transfer of audio data in a continuous and even flow?
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Streaming Audio
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What is the term for the transfer of video data in a continuous and even flow?
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Streaming Video
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What is the process of a user adding his or her email name and address to a mailing list, or process of saving a newsgroup location in a newreader for easy futre access?
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Subscribe
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What is the term given to a group of newsgroup ariclew consisting of the original article and all subsequent related replies?
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Thread
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What is the term for a group of newsgroup articles consisting of the original aricle and all subsequent related replies?
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Threaded Discussion
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What is the term for a small version of a larger graphic?
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Thumbnail
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What is the term that identifies the type of organization associated with the domain?
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Top-level domain
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What is the term for unique address for a Web page?
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Uniform Resource Locater or URL
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What does URL stand for?
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Uniform Resource Locater
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What is the term given to entire collection of Internet newsgroups?
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Usenet
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What does VoIP stand for?
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Voice Over IP
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What is the term given to the technology that allows users to speak to other users over the Internet using their desktop computer, mobile, computer or mobile device?
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Voice over IP
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What does VR World stand for?
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Virtual Reality World
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What is the 3-D web site that contains infinite space and depth created with special VR software?
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VR World
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What is the name for the portal designed for Internet-enabled mobile devices?
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Wireless Portal
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What does WISP stand for?
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Wireless Internet Service Provider
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What is the term for the type of Internet service provider that provides wireless Internet access to computers with wireless modems or access devices or to Internet-enabled mobile computers or devices?
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WISP
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What is the term for a web site that uses a regularly updated journal foramt to reflect the interests opinions, and personalities of the aurthor and sometimes site visitors?
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Web log also known as blog
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What does W3C?
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World Wide Web Consortium
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What is the name of the consortium of more than 350 organizations from around the world that oversees research and sets standards and guidelines for many areas of the Internet?
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World Wide Web Consortium or W3C
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What does the WWW mean?
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World Wide Web
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What is the worldwide collectin of electronic documents?
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WWW or World Wide Web
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