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