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Flashcards by aleaguirre, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by aleaguirre
about 11 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Internet | Started in 1969 as a U.S. Department of Defense project called Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET); Worldwide collection of millions of computers and networks |
| World Wide Web (WWW) | A global hypertext system that uses the Internet as its transport mechanism - provides a graphical interface to the largely text-based Internet |
| Hypertext | with embedded links to connect documents to each other and also provide links to other objects such as sound, video, or animation files |
| HTTP (Hypertext transport protocol) | the Internet protocol that supports the exchange of information on the WWW |
| Internet Protocol (IP) address | A 32 bit address written as 4 numbers from 0 – 255 separated by periods |
| IPv6 | Uses 128 bit addresses to provide more than a quadrillion possible unique IP addresses |
| Uniform resource locator (URL) | Identifies a Web page & tells the browser where to look for the page; Combines the protocol information (http://) with the Domain name |
| Domain Name System (DNS) | converts the Domain name to the IP address |
| Domain Name | The English-like name that corresponds to the IP address for each computer connected to the Internet; Identifies the Website |
| TLD-suffix that indicates the top-level domain (TLD) it belongs to | Examples: Organizational (gTLDs) ex. .com, .edu Country-code (ccTLDs) ex. .au, .ca, .jp |
| registrars | companies that can register domain names |
| Cyber-squatting | -registering domain names in hopes of selling the name for a profit; -registering, selling, or using a domain name to profit from someone else’s trademark |
| Virtual Private Network (VPN) | private network of computers linked using a secure “tunnel” connection over the Internet. It protects data transmitted over the public Internet by encoding the data and “wrapping” them within the Internet Protocol (IP |
| Search Engines | Started in early 1990s as relatively simple software programs using keyword indexes; |
| Search Engine Marketing | use of search engines to deliver sponsored links (for which advertisers have paid) in search engine results |
| Search Engine Optimization | process of changing a site’s content, layout and format in order to increase the ranking of the site on popular search engines and to generate more site visitors |
| Social Search | an effort to provide fewer, more relevant, and trustworthy search results based on a person’s network of social contacts |
| Shopping Bots | use intelligent agent software for searching Internet for shopping information |
| Web 2.0 | 2nd generation, interactive Internet-based services; Support Collaboration, sharing information, creating new content/services on-line; Feature interactivity, real-time user control, social participation, and user-generated content |
| Mashups | SW composed of interchangeable components that mix freely with other applications to create something new |
| Blogs | Personal web site the contains chronological entries; Journal or newsletter that’s updated frequently and intended for the general public |
| RSS Feed (Real Simple Syndication) | Pulls specified content from web sites and feeds it automatically to user’s computers - you don’t have to keep checking a web site for updates; Fast, easy way to distribute Web content in Extensible Markup Language (XML) format |
| Wikis | Collaborative web sites that allow users to add, delete, and sometimes modify content on-line |
| Social Networking | Broad class of Web sites and services that allow users to connect with friends, family, and colleagues online |
| Web 3.0 | Provides context for searching online information; Focuses on “intelligent” Web applications using various applications of AI technologies to create a “Semantic Web or Internet” |
| Internet 2 | Collaborative effort involving more than 300 U.S. universities and corporations to develop advanced Internet technologies and applications |
| Gigapop (gigabit point of presence) | Main function is the exchange of I2 traffic with a specified bandwidth of at least 1Gbps |
| Interplanetary Network | Must be able to handle: Much greater distances Line of sight obstructions in space Weight of high powered antennas |
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