Quick Snappy Test of Your Knowledge of the Internet
MCOM 101/April 2016
1. What is the shortened name for a Weblog?
2. True or False? Teens spend more time texting than talking on their phones.
3. Name the software or website designed to let people communicate with their friends, family and coworkers using messages no longer than 140 characters.
4. The ________________ is a diverse set of independent networks, interlinked to provide its users the appearance of a single, uniform network.
5. In terms of the Internet, what is IP? What does it stand for?
6. Name the man who invented the World Wide Web.
7. What is the world's largest social media network/website?
8. ____________ (hint: 3 initials) is the address of content placed on the Web. An example is www.larrytimbs.blogspot.com
9. _______________ (3 words) is the programming language used to create Web pages.
10. Why is broadband Internet service more desirable than narrowband service?
11. Aggregator sites, such as ___________ attempt to bring order to the inherently unorganized Web. (Hint: these aggregator sites are also known as search engines).
12. What is a Zine?
13. True or False: Half the world’s populatin has yet to make a phone call, much less log on to the Internet.
14. In terms of the Internet, what are cookies?
15. Name the best known wiki.
16. What is touch technology?
17. With regard to the Internet, why is the issue of protection of intellectual property rights so important? Explain.
18. What is a podcast?
19. Name the computer genious who said this in his commencement speech (shortly before he died) to the graduating class of Stanford University: “Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.”
20. Name the world’s biggest international online store.
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