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What does DARPA stand for?
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Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
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What does a PROXY server do?
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Provides access to the internet for the computers connected to it.
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What are the programs called that serach engines use to build their databases?
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Web Robots, Bots or Spiders.
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What is USENET?
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Users News Service. It is a network of computers called news servers.
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What Boolean operators can be used in a web search?
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AND, OR and NOT
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What is IRC?
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Internet Relay Chat.
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What is contained in the message body of an Email?
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The main text of the message.
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What is a mailing list?
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A list of names and e-mail addresses for a group of people who share a common interest in a subject or topic.
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What is HTML.
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Hypertext Markup Language. Uses tags to tell browser software how to display text.
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What are two of the most basic commands in FTP?
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Get and Put.
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What are the four parts of a URL?
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Transfer Protocol
Domain Name Pathname Filename |
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What are the two options for logging on to an FTP server?
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Anonymous FTP. Normally cannot be used to uipload files to a server.
Full Privileged (or secure) FTP. Requires a username and password. |
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What is a Hyperlink?
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A hyperlink or link is a connection between the various pages that make up a web site. Could be in the form of text or graphics. Allows the user to move from one page to another in a web site or to connect to other web sites.
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What is a NAP?
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Network access point.
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What organization created NSFNET?
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The National Science Foundation.
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What kind of program is used to communicate with news servers?
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Newsreader software. Most email programs include newsreader software.
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What are the parts of an Email or Internet address?
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The user's name and computer name seperated by an @.
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Name two types of search questions.
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Specific and Exploratory.
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What FTP command is used to change the local directory?
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lcd
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What resources can be used to search the web?
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Search engines, Directories and Hybrid search engines, Meta-search engines and other resources such as guides, resource lists and clearing houses.
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What fields are contained in the message header of an email?
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TO,CC,BCC,SUBJECT AND ATTACH
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What is IMAP?
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Internet Access Message Protocol - Handles retrieiving of messages from a mail server (several locations).
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When using anonymous FTP, when the user is prompted for a username and password how should they repsond?
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Type ANONYMOUS for username
and enter the users email address for the password. |
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What is MIME?
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Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions - Encodes non-text data so that it can be transfered over the Internet.
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What does an EXCHANGE server do?
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Acts as an Email server.
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What is POP?
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Post Office Protocol - Handles incoming messages.
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What are two ways indications that the web page you are viewing is secure?
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The transfer protocol is HTTPS and there is a locked padlock in the status bar
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What is SMTP?
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Simple Mail Transport Protocol - Handles outgoing mail or how mail is sent to another user.
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What does USENET stand for?
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Users News Network.
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What are the two most popular web browsers on the market today?
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Microsoft Internet Explorer
Netscape Navigator |
