Internet Technology Terms
Complete this vocab. quiz for your mid-term exam. Upload completed HTML document to Moodle.
- Mr. Fehr
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- TEMPLATE
- A special type of HTML document that can help these challenges; it makes each new page in your site look the same and have the same styles and basic structure.
- HYPERTEXT TRANSFER PROTOCOL
- The domain name and sometimes the path to a specific web page
- MULTIMEDIA
- Web site content, such as video and animations, generally require that the visitors have a broadband connection.
- AMERICAN STANDARD CODE FOR INFORMATION INTERCHANGE (ASCII)
- Most widely used coding system to represent data. It makes web pages universally readable by different web browser.
- UNIFORM RESOURCE LOCATOR (URL)
- Provides the global address of the location of the Web Page.
- HTML EDITOR
- A more sophisticated version of a text editor.
- BUSINESS/MARKETING WEB SITE
- Contains content that promotes or sells products or services.
- ONLINE SERVICE PROVIDER (OSP)
- Is similar to an ISP, but provides additional member-only services, such as financial data and travel information
- TYPEFACE
- The design of the text characters but the typeface subconsciously notice.
- HYPERTEXT MARKUP LANGUAGE (HTML)
- Is an authoring language that defines the structure and layout of a document so that it displays as a web page in a browser.
- TYPOGRAPHY
- Appearance and arrangement of the characters that make up your text, is just as important for a web page as it is for any other medium
- WEB-SAFE FONTS
- Are the most popular fonts and ones that most visitors are likely to have installed on their computers.
- UNIFORM RESOURCE LOCATOR
- Also called a Web Address, tells the browser on which server to locate the web page.
- NEWS WEB SITE
- Contains news articles relating to current events.
- WEB SITE
- A group of linked web pages.
- ENTERTAINMENT WEB SITE
- Offers and interactive and engaging environment and contains music, video, sports, games, and other similar features.
- WORLD WIDE WEB
- The most popular service in the internet. Consists of a system of global network servers.
- ATTRIBUTE OR PROPERTY
- Additional information placed within the angle brackets. Attributes are not repeated or contained in the end tag.
- GROUP TEST
- In which you have asked other individuals to test your web site and provide feedback.
- DOCUMENT CONTENT
- Is the text and the images that the browser displays.
- EDUCATIONAL WEB SITE
- Provides exciting, challenging avenues for formal and informal teaching or learning.
- LINEAR STRUCTURE
- The user navigates sequentially, moving from one page to the next
- FONT
- Consists of all the characters available in a particular style and weight for a specific design.
- IP ADDRESS
- A number that uniquely identifies each computer or device connected to the internet
- NETWORK
- A group of computers and associated devices that are connected by communication facilities.
- HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURE
- One of the better ways to organize complex bodies of information
- HYPERLINK (LINK)
- It can link to another place in the same web or to an entirely different web page.
- INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER (ISP)
- A business that has a permanent Internet connection and provides temporary connection to individuals, companies, or other organizations.
- HYPERTEXT TRANSFER PROTOCOL
- The protocol that enables the transfer of data from the host computer to the client.
- GRID STRUCTURE
- Procedural manuals, events and item lists are examples of content well suited for this type of structure.
- PORTAL WEB SITE
- Provides a variety of Internet services fro a single, convenient location.
- DOMAIN NAME
- The text version of IP address.
- SERVER LOGS
- Keeps track of the number of accesses.
- ONE-SIDED TAGS
- They don't have end tags
- TAGS
- Control the appearance of the document content.
- BROADBAND
- Transmits multiple signals simultaneously and includes media and hardware such as T1 lines, DSL (digital subscriber lines), ISDN (integrated services digital network), fiber optics, and cable modems.
- TEXT EDITOR
- Notepad or Wordpad; uses .txt files
- WEB STRUCTURE
- Random structure which places few restrictions on organizational patterns.
- BASEBAND
- Transmits one signal at a time and includes media and hardware such as 28K to 56K modems.
- SOFTWARE APPLICATION
- Such as Microsoft Word, Excel, and Publisher, provide a save as Web page command in the File menu
- HOME PAGE (INDEX PAGE)
- Provides information about the web site's purpose and content.
- UPLOADING
- The process of transmitting all the files that comprise your web site from your computer to the selected server or host computer
- VALUE MODIFIER
- Specifies the conditions within the tag.
- INFORMATIONAL WEB SITE
- Contains factual information, such as research and statistics.
- TWO-SIDED TAGS
- Have a start and end tag
- SOURCE CODE
- It contains tags, it is the program instructions.
- HOST COMPUTER
- A network server.
- BLOG
- A web site that uses a regularly updated journal format to reflect the interests, opinions, and personality of the author and sometimes of site visitors.
- INTERNET
- Sometimes called the NET, is a global network, connecting millions of computers.
- HYBRID STRUCTURE
- A combination of the previous listed structures to organize information.
- NAVIGATION MAP
- Outlines the structure of the entire web site, showing all of the pages within the site and the connections from one page to others.
- WEB BROWSER
- A software program that requests a Web Page, interprets the code within the page,
- NETWORK SERVER
- Supports specially formatted documents and provides a means for sharing these resources with many people at the same time.
- MICROSOFT INTERNET EXPLORER & NETSCAPE NAVIGATOR
- The most popular Web Browser software programs.
- WEB PAGE
- Web resource with text, graphics, sound, video, and multimedia.
- ACCREDITED REGISTRAR DIRECTORY
- Provides a listing of Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers accredited domain name registers.
- CLIENT
- The computer from which you can access the information.
- DOMAIN NAME SYSTEM
- An internet service that translates domain names into their corresponding IP address
- ADVOCACY WEB SITE
- You will find content that describes a cause, opinion, question, or idea.
- ONLINE COMMUNITIES
- Such as Yahoo! GeoCities, Tripod and MSN web communities and your educational institution web server.
- PERSONAL WEB SITE
- Published by an individual or family and generally is no associated with any organization.
- PURPOSE STATEMENT
- Communicates the intention of the web site.
- WIRELESS SERVICE PROVIDER
- Provides internet access to users with web-enabled devices or wireless modems.